Norway vs Sweden: Infant mortality rate
Norway
0.2045 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.1964 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
190th
Sweden rank
191st
Infant mortality rate over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2045 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1964 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0081 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 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 | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3456 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2088 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9185 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1515 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.8059 deaths per 100 live births | 0.653 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1528 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.5102 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4414 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0688 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.3361 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2998 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0363 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2271 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2344 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0073 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.1983 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2037 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0054 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 0.2045 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1964 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.0081 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?
- 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .