Luxembourg vs Sweden: Mortality rate, neonatal

Luxembourg
1.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
1.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg rank
180th
Sweden rank
181st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 1.5 per 1,000 live births against 1.4 per 1,000 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 180th and Sweden ranks 181st 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 14.82 per 1,000 live births 10.2 per 1,000 live births 4.62 per 1,000 live births Luxembourg
1970s 9.72 per 1,000 live births 7.09 per 1,000 live births 2.63 per 1,000 live births Luxembourg
1980s 5.25 per 1,000 live births 4.22 per 1,000 live births 1.03 per 1,000 live births Luxembourg
1990s 3.25 per 1,000 live births 2.85 per 1,000 live births 0.4 per 1,000 live births Luxembourg
2000s 1.9 per 1,000 live births 1.97 per 1,000 live births 0.07 per 1,000 live births Sweden
2010s 1.5 per 1,000 live births 1.56 per 1,000 live births 0.06 per 1,000 live births Sweden
2020s 1.5 per 1,000 live births 1.42 per 1,000 live births 0.08 per 1,000 live births Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Luxembourg or Sweden?
Luxembourg, at 1.5 per 1,000 live births against 1.4 per 1,000 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Luxembourg and Sweden?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Sweden?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Luxembourg and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Luxembourg ranks 180th and Sweden ranks 181st 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.