Luxembourg vs Sweden: Infant mortality by sex
Luxembourg
0.2021 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2137 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg rank
193rd
Sweden rank
191st
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.2137 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2021 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0116 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 193rd and Sweden ranks 191st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 1.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 1.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6429 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7198 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3415 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 0.613 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4879 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1251 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3279 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0043 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 0.2356 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2549 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0193 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.211 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2218 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0108 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Luxembourg or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.2137 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 Sweden?
- 0.0116 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Luxembourg and Sweden rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Luxembourg ranks 193rd and Sweden ranks 191st 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 .