Finland vs Norway: Youth mortality rate
Finland
0.3156 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway
0.3167 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Finland rank
195th
Norway rank
194th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Finland
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.3167 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3156 deaths per 100 live births in Finland, a difference of 0.0011 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 195th and Norway ranks 194th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.12 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1960s | 2.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1911 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1970s | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0216 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.9687 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2457 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.7097 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7863 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0766 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.4995 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5255 deaths per 100 live births | 0.026 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.3458 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3593 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.3148 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3117 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0031 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Finland or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.3167 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3156 deaths per 100 live births in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Finland and Norway?
- 0.0011 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Norway?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Norway rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Finland ranks 195th and Norway ranks 194th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.