China vs Sweden: Mortality rates at age 25
China
0.0776 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
China rank
162nd
Sweden rank
161st
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- China
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0776 deaths per 1,000 people in China, a difference of 0.0009 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.
China ranks 162nd and Sweden ranks 161st of 236 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.6508 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1247 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5261 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1960s | 0.5311 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1046 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4265 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1970s | 0.3019 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1045 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1974 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1980s | 0.2215 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1045 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.117 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 1990s | 0.1639 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0704 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0935 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 2000s | 0.1115 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0723 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0392 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 2010s | 0.0931 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.075 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0181 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
| 2020s | 0.0814 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0699 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0115 deaths per 1,000 people | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, China or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0776 deaths per 1,000 people in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between China and Sweden?
- 0.0009 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do China and Sweden rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- China ranks 162nd and Sweden ranks 161st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.