Norway vs Sweden: Infant mortality rate by sex
Norway
0.1828 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.178 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
190th
Sweden rank
192nd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.1828 deaths per 100 live births against 0.178 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0048 deaths per 100 live births.
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 192nd 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 | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3154 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.192 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.9218 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7985 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1233 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.7067 deaths per 100 live births | 0.583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1237 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.4501 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3924 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0577 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.2988 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0287 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2027 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2128 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0101 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.1772 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1848 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0076 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, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 0.1828 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 Norway and Sweden?
- 0.0048 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 rate by sex?
- Norway ranks 190th 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 .