Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Sweden

Infant mortality rate in Sweden in 2024 — 2 per 1,000. Ranked 9 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.7%.

2024 2 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 9of 196
Period maximum 16.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Sweden, 1960–20240510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 16.3 per 1,0001962: 15.6 per 1,0001964: 14.4 per 1,0001966: 13.1 per 1,0001968: 12.2 per 1,0001970: 11.3 per 1,0001972: 10.4 per 1,0001974: 9.3 per 1,0001976: 8.3 per 1,0001978: 7.7 per 1,0001980: 7.2 per 1,0001982: 6.8 per 1,0001984: 6.5 per 1,0001986: 6.3 per 1,0001988: 6.2 per 1,0001990: 5.9 per 1,0001992: 5.2 per 1,0001994: 4.4 per 1,0001996: 3.8 per 1,0001998: 3.5 per 1,0002000: 3.4 per 1,0002002: 3.3 per 1,0002004: 3.1 per 1,0002006: 2.8 per 1,0002008: 2.6 per 1,0002010: 2.5 per 1,0002012: 2.4 per 1,0002014: 2.4 per 1,0002016: 2.3 per 1,0002018: 2.2 per 1,0002020: 2.1 per 1,0002022: 2 per 1,0002024: 2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −14.3 (−87.73%) Average annual rate: -3.23 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sweden

Sweden 2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 3.5 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2 +0 +0%
2023 2 +0 +0%
2022 2 −0.1 −4.76%
2021 2.1 +0 +0%
2020 2.1 −0.1 −4.55%
2019 2.2 +0 +0%
2018 2.2 −0.1 −4.35%
2017 2.3 +0 +0%
2016 2.3 +0 +0%
2015 2.3 −0.1 −4.17%
2014 2.4 +0 +0%
2013 2.4 +0 +0%
2012 2.4 −0.1 −4%
2011 2.5 +0 +0%
2010 2.5 −0.1 −3.85%
2009 2.6 +0 +0%
2008 2.6 −0.1 −3.7%
2007 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2006 2.8 −0.2 −6.67%
2005 3 −0.1 −3.23%
2004 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2003 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2002 3.3 +0 +0%
2001 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2000 3.4 +0 +0%
1999 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
1998 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
1997 3.6 −0.2 −5.26%
1996 3.8 −0.2 −5%
1995 4 −0.4 −9.09%
1994 4.4 −0.4 −8.33%
1993 4.8 −0.4 −7.69%
1992 5.2 −0.4 −7.14%
1991 5.6 −0.3 −5.08%
1990 5.9 −0.2 −3.28%
1989 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
1988 6.2 −0.1 −1.59%
1987 6.3 +0 +0%
1986 6.3 −0.1 −1.56%
1985 6.4 −0.1 −1.54%
1984 6.5 −0.1 −1.52%
1983 6.6 −0.2 −2.94%
1982 6.8 −0.1 −1.45%
1981 6.9 −0.3 −4.17%
1980 7.2 −0.2 −2.7%
1979 7.4 −0.3 −3.9%
1978 7.7 −0.3 −3.75%
1977 8 −0.3 −3.61%
1976 8.3 −0.5 −5.68%
1975 8.8 −0.5 −5.38%
1974 9.3 −0.5 −5.1%
1973 9.8 −0.6 −5.77%
1972 10.4 −0.5 −4.59%
1971 10.9 −0.4 −3.54%
1970 11.3 −0.4 −3.42%
1969 11.7 −0.5 −4.1%
1968 12.2 −0.4 −3.17%
1967 12.6 −0.5 −3.82%
1966 13.1 −0.6 −4.38%
1965 13.7 −0.7 −4.86%
1964 14.4 −0.6 −4%
1963 15 −0.6 −3.85%
1962 15.6 −0.4 −2.5%
1961 16 −0.3 −1.84%
1960 16.3

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.