Korea vs Sweden: Survival to age 65, male
Korea
90.6%
in 2024
Sweden
90.8%
in 2024
Korea rank
17th
Sweden rank
14th
Survival to age 65, male over time
- Korea
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 90.8% against 90.6% in Korea, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sweden ahead.
Korea ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 14th of 218 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.4% | 76.6% | 35.2% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 51.8% | 77.0% | 25.2% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 58.1% | 79.5% | 21.4% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 69.4% | 83.6% | 14.1% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 79.7% | 87.0% | 7.3% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 87.0% | 89.4% | 2.4% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 90.0% | 90.5% | 0.5% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher survival to age 65, male, Korea or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 90.8% against 90.6% in Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in survival to age 65, male between Korea and Sweden?
- 0.2%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Sweden rank globally for survival to age 65, male?
- Korea ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 14th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.