Finland vs Sweden: Mortality rates at age 25
Finland
0.0748 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Finland rank
166th
Sweden rank
161st
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0748 deaths per 1,000 people in Finland, a difference of 0.0037 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 166th and Sweden ranks 161st of 236 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2375 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1247 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1128 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1960s | 0.1773 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1046 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0727 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1970s | 0.1531 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1045 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0486 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1980s | 0.132 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1045 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0275 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1990s | 0.1257 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0704 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0553 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.1096 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0723 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0373 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.0971 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.075 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0221 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2020s | 0.0759 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0699 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.006 deaths per 1,000 people | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Finland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0748 deaths per 1,000 people in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.0037 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Finland ranks 166th 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.