Norway vs Sweden: Child mortality rate
Norway
0.25 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
189th
Sweden rank
192nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.25 deaths per 100 live births against 0.24 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 189 shared years of data; in 1836 it was Sweden ahead.
Norway ranks 189th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 200 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 22.47 deaths per 100 live births | 25.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.77 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1840s | 19.72 deaths per 100 live births | 23.17 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1850s | 16.67 deaths per 100 live births | 24.4 deaths per 100 live births | 7.72 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1860s | 19.72 deaths per 100 live births | 23.37 deaths per 100 live births | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1870s | 17.78 deaths per 100 live births | 21.4 deaths per 100 live births | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1880s | 17.07 deaths per 100 live births | 18.7 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1890s | 15.46 deaths per 100 live births | 16.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.742 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1900s | 11.3 deaths per 100 live births | 13.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1910s | 9.43 deaths per 100 live births | 10.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.831 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1920s | 6.9 deaths per 100 live births | 7.94 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1930s | 5.46 deaths per 100 live births | 6.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.575 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1940s | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 3.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1950s | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.439 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.317 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.244 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.996 deaths per 100 live births | 0.771 deaths per 100 live births | 0.225 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.529 deaths per 100 live births | 0.101 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.415 deaths per 100 live births | 0.364 deaths per 100 live births | 0.051 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.278 deaths per 100 live births | 0.287 deaths per 100 live births | 0.009 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.242 deaths per 100 live births | 0.248 deaths per 100 live births | 0.006 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 0.25 deaths per 100 live births against 0.24 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 189 years are reported by both, from 1836 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Norway ranks 189th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.