The child mortality rate in Sweden, for children under the age of five, was 381 deaths per thousand births in 1800. This means that approximately 38 percent of all children born in 1800 did not make it to their fifth birthday. Over the course of the next 220 years, this number has dropped drastically, particularly from 1880 onwards, and the rate has dropped to its lowest point ever in 2020 where it is just two deaths per thousand births, which is the lowest in the world.
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020*
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041819/sweden-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041819/sweden-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041819/sweden-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Child Mortality Rate (under Five Years Old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041819/sweden-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA & Gapminder, Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041819/sweden-all-time-child-mortality-rate/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Sweden from 1800 to 2020* [Graph], UN DESA, & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041819/sweden-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
