Czechia vs Sweden: Infant mortality rate by sex
Czechia
0.1861 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.178 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Czechia rank
189th
Sweden rank
192nd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Czechia
- Sweden
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 0.1861 deaths per 100 live births against 0.178 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0081 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 75 years both countries report, Czechia has been ahead every year.
Czechia ranks 189th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
Czechia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 1.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 1960s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5774 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 1970s | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7985 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7715 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 1980s | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4634 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 1990s | 0.6546 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3924 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2622 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 2000s | 0.3173 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0471 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 2010s | 0.2238 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2128 deaths per 100 live births | 0.011 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
| 2020s | 0.1949 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1848 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0101 deaths per 100 live births | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Czechia or Sweden?
- Czechia, at 0.1861 deaths per 100 live births against 0.178 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Czechia and Sweden?
- 0.0081 deaths per 100 live births, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Czechia and Sweden rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Czechia ranks 189th 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 Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .