Norway vs Sweden: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Norway
2.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
2.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
187th
Sweden rank
189th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 187th and Sweden ranks 189th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.49 per 1,000 live births | 18.96 per 1,000 live births | 3.53 per 1,000 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 15.07 per 1,000 live births | 12.19 per 1,000 live births | 2.88 per 1,000 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 11.16 per 1,000 live births | 8.52 per 1,000 live births | 2.64 per 1,000 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 7.02 per 1,000 live births | 5.83 per 1,000 live births | 1.19 per 1,000 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 4.57 per 1,000 live births | 3.98 per 1,000 live births | 0.59 per 1,000 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | 3.12 per 1,000 live births | 0.06 per 1,000 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2.64 per 1,000 live births | 2.72 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, under-5, male, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Norway ranks 187th and Sweden ranks 189th 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, under-5, male (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
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.