Causes of mortality in Sweden
Sweden: Causes of mortality was 91,364 Deaths in 2024. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in Sweden, 1960β2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
The most recent figure for causes of mortality in Sweden is 91,364 Deaths, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Sweden peaked at 98,594 Deaths in 2020 and was at its lowest, 73,555 Deaths, in 1961.
Sweden ranks 25th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,082 Deaths | 73,555 Deaths | 83,306 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 86,653 Deaths | 80,023 Deaths | 91,060 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,519 Deaths | 90,467 Deaths | 96,756 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,192 Deaths | 91,450 Deaths | 96,659 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,306 Deaths | 90,177 Deaths | 95,071 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 90,762 Deaths | 89,062 Deaths | 92,250 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,273 Deaths | 91,364 Deaths | 98,594 Deaths | 5 |
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- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 66,073 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 56,430 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 62,494 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 56,433 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Sweden?
- Causes of mortality in Sweden was 91,364 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 98,594 Deaths in 2020.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 73,555 Deaths in 1961.
- How does Sweden rank for causes of mortality?
- Sweden ranks 25th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.