Finland vs Sweden: Infant mortality rate by sex
Finland
0.1722 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.178 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Finland rank
194th
Sweden rank
192nd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.178 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1722 deaths per 100 live births in Finland, a difference of 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 194th and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1960s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3034 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1970s | 0.909 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7985 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1105 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1980s | 0.5606 deaths per 100 live births | 0.583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0224 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.4032 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3924 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0108 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.2758 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0056 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.1902 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2128 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0226 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.1727 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1848 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0121 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Finland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.178 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1722 deaths per 100 live births in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Finland ranks 194th 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 .