Infant mortality
Deaths before age one per 1,000 live births.
Sweden: 2 per 1k births — would rank 1st among US states
Sweden over time
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- 1stSan Marino1.2
- 2ndEstonia1.5
- 3rdBelarus1.8
- 3rdJapan1.8
- 3rdSlovenia1.8
- 6thFinland1.9
- 6thLuxembourg1.9
- 6thMontenegro1.9
- 9thNorway2
- 9thSweden2
- 11thCzechia2.1
- 11thIceland2.1
- 13thLatvia2.2
- 13thMonaco2.2
- 13thSingapore2.2
- 16thItaly2.3
- 16thSouth Korea2.3
- 18thAndorra2.4
- 19thNorth Macedonia2.5
- 20thSpain2.6
- 21stIsrael2.7
- 21stPortugal2.7
- 23rdAustria2.8
- 23rdLithuania2.8
- 25thAustralia3.1
- 25thBelgium3.1
- 25thGermany3.1
- 25thHungary3.1
- 29thGreece3.2
- 30thFrance3.4
- 30thIreland3.4
- 30thNetherlands3.4
- 30thSwitzerland3.4
- 34thDenmark3.5
- 35thPoland3.6
- 36thUnited Arab Emirates3.8
- 37thNew Zealand4
- 38thChina4.1
- 38thCroatia4.1
- 38thCyprus4.1
- 38thRussia4.1
- 38thUnited Kingdom4.1
- 43rdBulgaria4.6
- 43rdSerbia4.6
- 45thCanada4.7
- 45thMaldives4.7
- 45thMalta4.7
- 45thSaudi Arabia4.7
- 49thQatar4.8
- 50thSri Lanka5.2
- 51stSlovakia5.3
- 52ndBosnia and Herzegovina5.5
- 52ndUnited States5.5
- 54thChile5.8
- 55thRomania6
- 56thUruguay6.2
- 57thCuba6.8
- 58thAntigua and Barbuda7
- 58thKuwait7
- 58thMalaysia7
- 61stBahrain7.3
- 62ndKazakhstan7.4
- 63rdGeorgia7.5
- 64thUkraine7.6
- 65thNauru7.7
- 65thThailand7.7
- 67thTonga7.8
- 68thLibya7.9
- 69thArgentina8
- 69thTürkiye8
- 71stAlbania8.3
- 71stOman8.3
- 73rdArmenia8.5
- 74thBrunei8.6
- 75thEl Salvador8.8
- 76thBarbados9.1
- 76thCosta Rica9.1
- 78thSão Tomé and Príncipe9.2
- 79thNicaragua9.4
- 80thTunisia9.7
- 81stSaint Vincent and the Grenadines10.2
- 82ndIran10.3
- 83rdColombia10.5
- 84thCape Verde10.6
- 85thBelize10.8
- 86thEcuador10.9
- 87thPeru11
- 88thBahamas11.1
- 89thMongolia11.2
- 90thJordan12
- 90thPanama12
- 90thVietnam12
- 93rdMexico12.1
- 94thBrazil12.3
- 94thSamoa12.3
- 96thAzerbaijan12.5
- 97thHonduras12.8
- 97thUzbekistan12.8
- 99thSeychelles12.9
- 100thNorth Korea13.3
- 101stBhutan13.7
- 102ndMauritius13.8
- 103rdSaint Kitts and Nevis13.9
- 104thBolivia14.2
- 105thVanuatu14.4
- 106thParaguay14.5
- 107thMorocco14.7
- 108thKyrgyzstan14.8
- 108thSuriname14.8
- 110thMoldova15.1
- 111thIndonesia15.2
- 112thLebanon15.3
- 113thSaint Lucia15.8
- 114thCambodia16.4
- 114thGrenada16.4
- 114thJamaica16.4
- 114thSolomon Islands16.4
- 118thTuvalu16.5
- 119thTrinidad and Tobago17
- 120thGuatemala17.2
- 121stSyria17.7
- 122ndPalau18.6
- 123rdAlgeria19.5
- 124thIraq20.1
- 125thMicronesia20.3
- 126thEgypt20.8
- 127thVenezuela21.2
- 128thPhilippines21.7
- 129thNepal22.2
- 130thMarshall Islands22.7
- 131stGuyana23.2
- 132ndIndia23.3
- 133rdFiji23.5
- 133rdTajikistan23.5
- 135thSouth Africa24.2
- 136thBangladesh24.4
- 137thEritrea24.7
- 138thGabon25.9
- 139thRepublic of the Congo27
- 140thLaos27.2
- 141stGhana27.5
- 142ndDominican Republic27.7
- 143rdTanzania28.7
- 144thSenegal28.9
- 145thRwanda29.4
- 146thMauritania30.2
- 147thTurkmenistan30.4
- 148thBurundi30.5
- 149thPapua New Guinea31.3
- 150thAngola32.1
- 150thBotswana32.1
- 152ndGambia32.7
- 153rdMyanmar32.8
- 154thDominica33.3
- 155thYemen33.8
- 156thKenya34.2
- 157thEthiopia34.5
- 158thTimor-Leste34.6
- 158thZambia34.6
- 160thTogo34.8
- 161stComoros35
- 162ndUganda35.9
- 163rdNamibia36.4
- 164thMalawi38
- 165thKiribati38.8
- 166thHaiti39
- 167thCameroon40.2
- 168thGuinea-Bissau42.1
- 169thEswatini42.2
- 170thSudan42.9
- 171stDjibouti43
- 171stMadagascar43
- 173rdBurkina Faso43.6
- 174thMozambique43.7
- 175thIvory Coast44.8
- 176thBenin45.2
- 177thMali47.5
- 178thEquatorial Guinea47.6
- 179thPakistan48.2
- 180thAfghanistan48.3
- 181stSierra Leone54.6
- 182ndChad56.3
- 182ndLesotho56.3
- 184thDR Congo56.4
- 185thCentral African Republic58.8
- 186thGuinea59.8
- 187thZimbabwe62.4
- 188thLiberia63.2
- 189thSomalia65.4
- 190thNiger65.6
- 191stNigeria69.8
- 192ndSouth Sudan71.9
Darker = better (lower) · 51 states · CDC NCHS
- 1st New Hampshire3
- 2nd New Jersey3.4
- 3rd Massachusetts3.5
- 4th New York4
- 5th California4.2
- 6th Rhode Island4.2
- 7th Hawaii4.4
- 8th Maine4.5
- 9th Iowa4.5
- 10th Connecticut4.5
- 11th Colorado4.5
- 12th Minnesota4.6
- 12th Wyoming4.6
- 14th Idaho4.7
- 15th Washington4.8
- 16th Oregon4.9
- 17th New Mexico5.2
- 17th Utah5.2
- 19th Nevada5.3
- 20th Arizona5.4
- 21st Maryland5.5
- 22nd Vermont5.6
- 23rd Pennsylvania5.7
- 24th Texas5.7
- 25th Illinois5.7
- 26th Florida5.7
- 27th Kansas5.9
- 28th Kentucky5.9
- 29th Wisconsin5.9
- 30th North Dakota5.9
- 31st Virginia6
- 32nd District of Columbia6
- 33rd Montana6.2
- 34th North Carolina6.2
- 35th Indiana6.3
- 35th Michigan6.3
- 37th Georgia6.4
- 38th Tennessee6.4
- 39th Missouri6.4
- 40th Nebraska6.5
- 41st West Virginia6.6
- 42nd Ohio6.7
- 43rd Alaska6.8
- 44th Alabama7.1
- 45th South Dakota7.3
- 46th Oklahoma7.4
- 47th South Carolina7.5
- 48th Louisiana7.6
- 49th Delaware7.8
- 50th Arkansas8.3
- 51st Mississippi9.7