What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Iceland and Sweden?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Iceland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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.

Iceland vs Sweden: Mortality rate, infant

Iceland

2.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sweden

2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iceland rank

186th

Sweden rank

188th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Iceland
Sweden

How they compare

Iceland 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 Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iceland ahead.

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

Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1960s	15.53 per 1,000 live births	14.06 per 1,000 live births	1.47 per 1,000 live births	Iceland
1970s	10.62 per 1,000 live births	9.19 per 1,000 live births	1.43 per 1,000 live births	Iceland
1980s	6.4 per 1,000 live births	6.53 per 1,000 live births	0.13 per 1,000 live births	Sweden
1990s	4.24 per 1,000 live births	4.42 per 1,000 live births	0.18 per 1,000 live births	Sweden
2000s	2.5 per 1,000 live births	3 per 1,000 live births	0.5 per 1,000 live births	Sweden
2010s	2.02 per 1,000 live births	2.35 per 1,000 live births	0.33 per 1,000 live births	Sweden
2020s	2.12 per 1,000 live births	2.04 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Iceland or Sweden?: Iceland, 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 Iceland and Sweden?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Iceland 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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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: 03 September 2026

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