Sweden vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Sweden and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 2.71 times that in Sweden.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1933.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Sweden	United States	World
2024	0.2	0.7	3.7
2023	0.2	0.7	3.8
2022	0.3	0.7	4
2021	0.3	0.7	4
2020	0.3	0.7	3.9
2019	0.3	0.7	4
2018	0.3	0.7	4
2017	0.3	0.7	4.1
2016	0.3	0.7	4.2
2015	0.3	0.7	4.3
2014	0.3	0.7	4.4
2013	0.3	0.7	4.5
2012	0.3	0.7	4.7
2011	0.3	0.7	5
2010	0.3	0.7	5.1
2009	0.3	0.8	5.3
2008	0.3	0.8	5.5
2007	0.3	0.8	5.7
2006	0.4	0.8	6
2005	0.4	0.8	6.2
2004	0.4	0.8	6.6
2003	0.4	0.8	6.8
2002	0.4	0.8	7.1
2001	0.4	0.8	7.4
2000	0.4	0.8	7.7
1999	0.4	0.9	7.9
1998	0.4	0.9	8.3
1997	0.4	0.9	8.4
1996	0.5	0.9	8.6
1995	0.5	1	8.8
1994	0.5	1	8.9
1993	0.6	1	9.1
1992	0.6	1.1	9.2
1991	0.7	1.1	9.3
1990	0.7	1.1	9.4
1989	0.7	1.2	9.5
1988	0.7	1.2	10
1987	0.7	1.2	9.9
1986	0.8	1.2	10.3
1985	0.8	1.3	10.6
1984	0.8	1.3	10.9
1983	0.8	1.3	11.1
1982	0.8	1.4	11.2
1981	0.8	1.4	11.6
1980	0.8	1.5	11.9
1979	0.9	1.6	11.9
1978	0.9	1.6	12.3
1977	0.9	1.7	12.6
1976	1	1.8	12.8
1975	1	1.9	13.1
1974	1.1	2	13.3
1973	1.2	2.1	13.5
1972	1.2	2.2	13.7
1971	1.3	2.2	13.9
1970	1.3	2.3	14.2
1969	1.4	2.4	14.6
1968	1.4	2.5	15
1967	1.5	2.6	15.3
1966	1.6	2.6	15.1
1965	1.6	2.7	15.1
1964	1.7	2.8	15.7
1963	1.8	2.8	16.2
1962	1.9	2.9	17
1961	1.9	3	18.8
1960	2	3	20.2
1959	2	3.1	19.9
1958	2	3.1	19.7
1957	2.1	3.2	20.5
1956	2.1	3.2	21.3
1955	2.2	3.3	22.3
1954	2.2	3.4	22.8
1953	2.3	3.5	23.3
1952	2.4	3.6	23.9
1951	2.6	3.7	24.3
1950	2.7	3.8	24.7
1949	2.8	3.9	24.9
1948	2.8	4	24.9
1947	3.1	4.3	25.5
1946	3.2	4.7	25.8
1945	3.8	4.8	26.7
1944	4.1	5	27.4
1943	3.8	5.4	27.7
1942	3.8	5.5	27.9
1941	4.7	6	27.8
1940	4.7	6.2	27.9
1939	5	6.3	28
1938	5.4	7	28.7
1937	5.9	7.4	28.8
1936	5.7	7.6	29.1
1935	5.8	7.5	29.5
1934	6	8	30.7
1933	6.1	7.3	30.5
1932	6.4	–	30.7
1931	7.1	–	31.4
1930	7	–	31.6
1929	7.3	–	32
1928	7.9	–	31.9
1927	7.9	–	31.9
1926	7.3	–	32.7
1925	7.3	–	32.4
1924	8.1	–	33.1
1923	7.4	–	33.1
1922	8	–	33.2
1921	8.5	–	34.2
1920	9.8	–	34.4
1919	10.5	–	35.7
1918	10.6	–	37.6
1917	9.3	–	35.3
1916	10.2	–	35.1
1915	10.5	–	35.3
1914	10.1	–	35.4
1913	9.8	–	35.1
1912	10.4	–	35.5
1911	10.4	–	36
1910	10.8	–	36.4
1909	10.3	–	36.6
1908	12.2	–	37.2
1907	11.2	–	37.4
1906	11.8	–	38.1
1905	13.2	–	38.8
1904	12.7	–	38.9
1903	13.9	–	39.5
1902	13.6	–	40.1
1901	15.7	–	40.8
1900	15.5	–	40.9
1899	17.2	–	40.8
1898	14.1	–	41.2
1897	14.9	–	41
1896	15.6	–	41.1
1895	14.7	–	41.3
1894	16.2	–	41.2
1893	16.7	–	41.2
1892	17.1	–	41.7
1891	17.9	–	41.3
1890	17.8	–	41.5
1889	16.3	–	41.2
1888	16.1	–	41
1887	17.3	–	41.1
1886	18.3	–	41.1
1885	19.5	–	41.2
1884	19.2	–	41.1
1883	19.7	–	41.4
1882	20.7	–	41.5
1881	19.5	–	41.1
1880	20.4	–	41.6
1879	19.7	–	41.1
1878	22.7	–	41.6
1877	22.8	–	41.2
1876	23.7	–	41.4
1875	23.3	–	41.5
1874	23	–	41.7
1873	19.7	–	41.8
1872	18.7	–	42.1
1871	18.4	–	42.2
1870	22.1	–	41.9
1869	27.1	–	42.1
1868	24.9	–	42.4
1867	21.1	–	42
1866	22.2	–	42.1
1865	23.3	–	42.3
1864	23.5	–	42.2
1863	23.7	–	42.5
1862	26.6	–	42.6
1861	21.7	–	42.9
1860	19.7	–	42.9
1859	23.2	–	43.7
1858	24.8	–	43.8
1857	31	–	44.2
1856	24.6	–	44.2
1855	22.6	–	44
1854	22	–	43.7
1853	25.7	–	43.2
1852	25	–	42.9
1851	23.2	–	42.4
1850	21.8	–	42
1849	22.7	–	42.3
1848	21.2	–	42.3
1847	27	–	42.2
1846	25	–	42.4
1845	21.5	–	42
1844	22.6	–	42.1
1843	23.3	–	42.1
1842	24.2	–	42.2
1841	22.1	–	42.1
1840	22.1	–	42.1
1839	25.2	–	42.1
1838	25.4	–	42.2
1837	28	–	42.2
1836	22.5	–	42.2
1835	20	–	42.2
1834	25.3	–	42.3
1833	24.4	–	42.2
1832	25.6	–	42.2
1831	27.6	–	42.2
1830	25.5	–	42.2
1829	30.3	–	42.1
1828	28.2	–	42.1
1827	22.6	–	42.1
1826	24.2	–	42.1
1825	22.8	–	42.1
1824	22.5	–	42.1
1823	21.8	–	42.1
1822	24.5	–	42.1
1821	30.5	–	42.1
1820	26.1	–	42.1
1819	29.4	–	42.2
1818	27	–	42.2
1817	27.6	–	42.2
1816	27.4	–	42.2
1815	27.5	–	42.2
1814	29.9	–	42.3
1813	30.4	–	42.3
1812	31.2	–	42.4
1811	32.5	–	42.4
1810	34.6	–	42.5
1809	36.6	–	42.5
1808	35	–	42.5
1807	27.8	–	42.5
1806	33.3	–	42.6
1805	26.6	–	42.6
1804	27.2	–	42.6
1803	27.5	–	42.6
1802	28.3	–	42.7
1801	32.9	–	42.7
1800	38.1	–	42.8
1799	28.9	–	–
1798	27.2	–	–
1797	29.4	–	–
1796	31.5	–	–
1795	31.5	–	–
1794	28.1	–	–
1793	30	–	–
1792	29.7	–	–
1791	28.6	–	–
1790	32.6	–	–
1789	34.4	–	–
1788	32.6	–	–
1787	27	–	–
1786	29.5	–	–
1785	34.5	–	–
1784	38.2	–	–
1783	34.5	–	–
1782	30.1	–	–
1781	30	–	–
1780	26.1	–	–
1779	39.4	–	–
1778	35.3	–	–
1777	30.2	–	–
1776	25.6	–	–
1775	30.6	–	–
1774	28	–	–
1773	49	–	–
1772	36.7	–	–
1771	32.3	–	–
1770	32.5	–	–
1769	35.9	–	–
1768	35.8	–	–
1767	29.9	–	–
1766	31.2	–	–
1765	31.6	–	–
1764	31.6	–	–
1763	39.5	–	–
1762	37.7	–	–
1761	31.6	–	–
1760	27.3	–	–
1759	28.5	–	–
1758	33.5	–	–
1757	35.6	–	–
1756	33.8	–	–
1755	34.5	–	–
1754	32.7	–	–
1753	30.3	–	–
1752	36	–	–
1751	30	–	–

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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