Norway vs Sweden: Youth mortality rate
Norway
0.3167 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.3168 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
194th
Sweden rank
193rd
Youth mortality rate over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.3168 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3167 deaths per 100 live births in Norway, a difference of 0.0001 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 194th and Sweden ranks 193rd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4872 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3566 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2917 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9452 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2693 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.7863 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6571 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1292 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.5255 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4688 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0566 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.3593 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3668 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0075 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.3117 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3246 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0129 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Norway or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.3168 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3167 deaths per 100 live births in Norway as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.0001 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Norway ranks 194th and Sweden ranks 193rd 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.