Norway vs Sweden: Child mortality rate by sex
Norway
0.223 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2185 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
190th
Sweden rank
192nd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.223 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2185 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0045 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 190th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2793 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9428 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1941 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.8702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6902 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1801 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.5562 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4706 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0857 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.3686 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3291 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0395 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2484 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2609 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0125 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2162 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2268 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0106 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, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 0.223 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2185 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.0045 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Norway ranks 190th 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 .