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

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

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

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 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.

Montenegro vs Sweden: Mortality rate, infant

Montenegro

1.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sweden

2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Montenegro rank

190th

Sweden rank

188th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Montenegro
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2 per 1,000 live births against 1.9 per 1,000 live births in Montenegro, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Montenegro ahead.

Montenegro ranks 190th and Sweden ranks 188th of 197 countries.

Montenegro has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Montenegro	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1980s	19.73 per 1,000 live births	6.3 per 1,000 live births	13.43 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
1990s	13.66 per 1,000 live births	4.42 per 1,000 live births	9.24 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
2000s	9.65 per 1,000 live births	3 per 1,000 live births	6.65 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
2010s	3.9 per 1,000 live births	2.35 per 1,000 live births	1.55 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
2020s	2.14 per 1,000 live births	2.04 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Montenegro or Sweden?: Sweden, at 2 per 1,000 live births against 1.9 per 1,000 live births in Montenegro as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Montenegro and Sweden?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Montenegro and Sweden?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Montenegro and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Montenegro 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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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.