Finland vs Sweden: Child mortality rate by sex
Finland
0.2152 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2185 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Finland rank
194th
Sweden rank
192nd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.2185 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2152 deaths per 100 live births in Finland, a difference of 0.0033 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 194th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1960s | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.403 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1970s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9428 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1568 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1980s | 0.6731 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6902 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0171 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.4869 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4706 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0163 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3291 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0086 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.2359 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2609 deaths per 100 live births | 0.025 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2155 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2268 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0113 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Finland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.2185 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2152 deaths per 100 live births in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.0033 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Finland ranks 194th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .