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Mortality in Sweden, by the numbers

Sweden sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 84.1 years of life, 10th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Sweden, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
84.1 yrs
10th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
7.9 %
6th lowest of 182
Infant mortality
2.0 /1,000
9th lowest of 192

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Sweden ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 84.1 yrs 10 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.4 /1,000 174 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.6 /1,000 69 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.7 yrs 13 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 19.0 /1,000 199 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.0 yrs 197 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 88.2 men/100 women 170 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.0 /1,000 184 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 4.0 /100k 178 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 7.9 % 177 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 13.8 /100k 36 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 3.1 /100k 177 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 17.6 % 65 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 9.6 L 34 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 20.7 % 26 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $6,485 14 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $57,117 23 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Sweden's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 6th lowest premature NCD mortality in the world (7.9 %) and the 9th lowest infant mortality in the world (2.0 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Sweden; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.