Luxembourg vs Norway: Infant mortality by sex
Luxembourg
0.2021 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway
0.2253 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg rank
193rd
Norway rank
190th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Luxembourg
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2253 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2021 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0232 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 193rd and Norway ranks 190th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 5 and Norway in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2.06 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4645 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9002 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1611 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 0.613 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5674 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0456 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3714 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0392 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2356 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0145 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.211 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2184 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0074 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Luxembourg or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.2253 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2021 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Luxembourg and Norway?
- 0.0232 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Norway?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Luxembourg and Norway rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Luxembourg ranks 193rd and Norway ranks 190th 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 Infant mortality 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .