Czechia vs Sweden: Mortality rate, infant

Czechia
2.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Czechia rank
186th
Sweden rank
188th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Czechia
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Czechia currently reports 2.1 per 1,000 live births against 2 per 1,000 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Czechia has been ahead every year.

Czechia ranks 186th and Sweden ranks 188th of 197 countries.

Czechia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Czechia Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 21.14 per 1,000 live births 14.06 per 1,000 live births 7.08 per 1,000 live births Czechia
1970s 18.76 per 1,000 live births 9.19 per 1,000 live births 9.57 per 1,000 live births Czechia
1980s 12.44 per 1,000 live births 6.53 per 1,000 live births 5.91 per 1,000 live births Czechia
1990s 7.53 per 1,000 live births 4.42 per 1,000 live births 3.11 per 1,000 live births Czechia
2000s 3.62 per 1,000 live births 3 per 1,000 live births 0.62 per 1,000 live births Czechia
2010s 2.56 per 1,000 live births 2.35 per 1,000 live births 0.21 per 1,000 live births Czechia
2020s 2.22 per 1,000 live births 2.04 per 1,000 live births 0.18 per 1,000 live births Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Czechia or Sweden?
Czechia, at 2.1 per 1,000 live births against 2 per 1,000 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Czechia and Sweden?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Czechia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Sweden?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Czechia and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Czechia ranks 186th and Sweden ranks 188th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.