Which has higher number of child deaths, Kiribati or Sweden?

Sweden, at 240 deaths against 181 deaths in Kiribati as of 2024.

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

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kiribati vs Sweden: Number of child deaths

Kiribati

181 deaths

in 2024

Sweden

240 deaths

in 2024

Kiribati rank

147th

Sweden rank

144th

Number of child deaths over time

Kiribati
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 240 deaths against 181 deaths in Kiribati, a difference of 59 deaths.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Kiribati's.

Across all 70 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 147th and Sweden ranks 144th of 199 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1950s	383.8 deaths	2,198 deaths	1,814 deaths	Sweden
1960s	364.8 deaths	1,863 deaths	1,498 deaths	Sweden
1970s	274.5 deaths	1,150 deaths	875.7 deaths	Sweden
1980s	263.7 deaths	758.4 deaths	494.7 deaths	Sweden
1990s	219.6 deaths	581.9 deaths	362.3 deaths	Sweden
2000s	174.1 deaths	358.3 deaths	184.2 deaths	Sweden
2010s	197.1 deaths	324.4 deaths	127.3 deaths	Sweden
2020s	190.8 deaths	269.6 deaths	78.8 deaths	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Kiribati or Sweden?: Sweden, at 240 deaths against 181 deaths in Kiribati as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Kiribati and Sweden?: 59 deaths, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Sweden?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Sweden rank globally for number of child deaths?: Kiribati ranks 147th and Sweden ranks 144th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .