Luxembourg vs Sweden: Mortality rate, infant
Luxembourg
1.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg rank
190th
Sweden rank
188th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Luxembourg
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 2 per 1,000 live births against 1.9 per 1,000 live births in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 190th and Sweden ranks 188th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.52 per 1,000 live births | 14.06 per 1,000 live births | 11.46 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 14.88 per 1,000 live births | 9.19 per 1,000 live births | 5.69 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 9.55 per 1,000 live births | 6.53 per 1,000 live births | 3.02 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 5.61 per 1,000 live births | 4.42 per 1,000 live births | 1.19 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | 3 per 1,000 live births | 0.06 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 2.17 per 1,000 live births | 2.35 per 1,000 live births | 0.18 per 1,000 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 1.96 per 1,000 live births | 2.04 per 1,000 live births | 0.08 per 1,000 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Luxembourg or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 2 per 1,000 live births against 1.9 per 1,000 live births in Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Luxembourg and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Luxembourg ranks 190th 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
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.