Sweden vs Switzerland: Survival to age 65, male
Sweden
90.8%
in 2024
Switzerland
91.0%
in 2024
Sweden rank
14th
Switzerland rank
13th
Survival to age 65, male over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 91.0% against 90.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 14th and Switzerland ranks 13th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.6% | 71.3% | 5.3% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 77.0% | 75.1% | 1.9% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 79.5% | 78.4% | 1.1% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 83.6% | 82.0% | 1.6% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 87.0% | 86.4% | 0.6% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 89.4% | 89.6% | 0.2% | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 90.5% | 90.6% | 0.0% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher survival to age 65, male, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 91.0% against 90.8% in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in survival to age 65, male between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 0.2%, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for survival to age 65, male?
- Sweden ranks 14th and Switzerland ranks 13th 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.