Norway vs Sweden: Infant mortality by sex
Norway
0.2253 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2137 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
190th
Sweden rank
191st
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2253 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2137 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0116 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
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 191st 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 | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.374 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2246 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1784 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.9002 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7198 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1805 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.5674 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4879 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0794 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.3714 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3279 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0435 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2549 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0048 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2184 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2218 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0034 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, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 0.2253 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2137 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.0116 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 infant mortality by sex?
- Norway ranks 190th 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 .