What is neonatal mortality rate in Sweden?

Neonatal mortality rate in Sweden was 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Sweden?

The highest recorded value was 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in 1960.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Sweden?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Sweden rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Sweden ranks 185th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Sweden?

Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Sweden data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Neonatal mortality rate in Sweden

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Sweden
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Sweden: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.1415 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 0.8%

World rank

185th

of 199 countries

All-time high

1.31 deaths per 100 live births

in 1960

All-time low

0.1415 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Sweden, 1960–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Sweden recorded 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births for neonatal mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Sweden peaked at 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Sweden ranks 185th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.13 deaths per 100 live births	0.9636 deaths per 100 live births	1.31 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	0.7097 deaths per 100 live births	0.5194 deaths per 100 live births	0.9241 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	0.4219 deaths per 100 live births	0.3633 deaths per 100 live births	0.4944 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	0.2841 deaths per 100 live births	0.2324 deaths per 100 live births	0.3493 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	0.198 deaths per 100 live births	0.1644 deaths per 100 live births	0.2306 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.1547 deaths per 100 live births	0.146 deaths per 100 live births	0.1605 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.1435 deaths per 100 live births	0.1415 deaths per 100 live births	0.1451 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Sweden

182 Luxembourg 0.1457 deaths per 100 live births compare
183 Iceland 0.1423 deaths per 100 live births compare
184 Norway 0.142 deaths per 100 live births compare
186 Czechia 0.1407 deaths per 100 live births compare
187 Monaco 0.1399 deaths per 100 live births compare
188 Finland 0.1361 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 66,073 (2025)
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Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 62,494 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 56,433 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 61,970 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 57,504 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Sweden?: Neonatal mortality rate in Sweden was 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Sweden?: The highest recorded value was 1.31 deaths per 100 live births in 1960.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Sweden?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1415 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Sweden rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Sweden ranks 185th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Sweden?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Sweden data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .