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Sweden - Infant Mortality Rate 1970

Name: Sweden Infant Mortality Rate 1970
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

11.3 −0.4 from 1969 Global rank: 1st

Sweden's infant mortality rate was 11.3 in 1970, decreased +0.4 from 11.7 in 1969. This was the 1st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1970▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1970
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	11.3	-3.4%
2nd	Netherlands	12.6	-3.1%
3rd	Iceland	13.0	-3.7%
4th	Norway	13.1	-3.7%
5th	Finland	13.2	-4.3%
6th	Japan	13.4	-5.6%
7th	Denmark	13.9	-4.8%
8th	Switzerland	15.0	-3.8%
9th	France	15.1	-4.4%
10th	New Zealand	16.9	-2.3%
11th	Australia	17.9	-1.1%
12th	United Kingdom	18.1	-1.6%
13th	Lithuania	18.1	-9.0%
14th	Canada	18.5	-4.6%
15th	Belarus	18.8	-2.6%
16th	Luxembourg	19.0	-5.5%
17th	Ireland	19.1	-3.5%
18th	United States	19.9	-3.9%
19th	Belgium	20.5	-3.3%
20th	Czechia	21.1	-0.9%
21st	Singapore	21.8	-4.8%
22nd	Germany	22.1	-3.1%
23rd	Russian Federation	22.8	-2.1%
24th	Malta	24.9	-4.6%
25th	Austria	25.1	-1.2%
26th	Slovak Republic	25.3	-0.4%
27th	Israel	25.4	-3.1%
28th	Antigua and Barbuda	25.5	-8.3%
29th	Bahamas, The	26.0	1.6%
30th	Greece	27.5	-5.8%
31st	Bulgaria	27.6	-4.5%
32nd	Spain	27.7	-7.0%
33rd	Italy	29.6	-4.2%
34th	Cuba	31.7	-3.9%
35th	Poland	31.8	-4.2%
36th	Brunei Darussalam	34.2	-4.5%
37th	Grenada	34.4	-2.8%
38th	Hungary	35.2	-1.9%
39th	Dominica	37.0	-7.5%
40th	British Virgin Islands	38.5	-5.2%
41st	Tonga	39.3	-6.4%
42nd	Barbados	41.0	-4.7%
43rd	Malaysia	41.4	-3.5%
44th	Fiji	43.9	-1.1%
45th	Korea	45.6	-6.4%
46th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.0	7.5%
47th	Jamaica	46.7	-3.1%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	47.3	-2.3%
49th	Romania	47.9	-9.1%
50th	Sri Lanka	48.4	-0.8%
51st	Uruguay	48.7	-2.2%
52nd	São Tomé and Principe	50.2	-0.8%
53rd	Panama	50.7	-4.0%
54th	Seychelles	51.0	-5.7%
55th	St. Lucia	52.2	-6.8%
56th	Philippines	52.5	-0.8%
57th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.6	-5.6%
58th	Lebanon	52.8	-0.8%
59th	Qatar	53.6	-6.5%
60th	Samoa	53.7	-4.4%
61st	Portugal	55.3	-5.0%
62nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	57.0	-6.9%
63rd	Marshall Islands	58.7	-3.6%
64th	Kuwait	58.8	-6.1%
65th	Argentina	59.3	-0.8%
66th	Namibia	59.3	1.2%
67th	Costa Rica	59.6	-3.9%
68th	Guyana	59.8	-0.2%
69th	Mauritius	60.6	-3.7%
70th	Paraguay	61.1	-0.5%
71st	Viet Nam	63.7	-0.2%
72nd	Bahrain	66.0	-9.1%
73rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	66.4	-3.6%
74th	Palau	66.9	-4.2%
75th	Zimbabwe	67.1	-0.3%
76th	Chile	68.0	-2.7%
77th	Jordan	70.5	-4.0%
78th	Solomon Islands	71.9	-6.1%
79th	United Arab Emirates	72.4	-8.8%
80th	Colombia	72.8	-3.1%
81st	Belize	73.3	-3.8%
82nd	Congo, Republic of	74.7	-2.1%
83rd	Syrian Arab Republic	76.1	-4.2%
84th	Thailand	78.5	-4.4%
85th	Vanuatu	80.2	-3.8%
86th	Mexico	81.4	-2.6%
87th	China	84.3	-4.7%
88th	Iraq	85.4	-4.2%
89th	Cabo Verde	85.9	-4.3%
90th	Kenya	87.5	-1.9%
91st	Tuvalu	88.0	-4.9%
92nd	Dominican Republic	89.5	-2.0%
93rd	Sudan	90.0	0.1%
94th	Gabon	91.1	-2.0%
95th	Zambia	91.1	-1.5%
96th	Botswana	94.6	-2.6%
97th	Libya	98.5	-6.9%
98th	Brazil	102.0	-2.1%
99th	Ecuador	102.6	-1.9%
100th	Kiribati	104.5	-3.3%
101st	Honduras	104.9	-3.4%
102nd	Mauritania	105.2	-1.1%
103rd	Papua New Guinea	106.2	-3.2%
104th	Uganda	108.3	-0.6%
105th	El Salvador	108.6	-1.5%
106th	Tunisia	110.7	-5.0%
107th	Indonesia	111.0	-2.7%
108th	Ghana	114.6	-1.0%
109th	Tanzania	114.9	-0.9%
110th	Rwanda	116.2	0.8%
111th	Eswatini	116.8	-2.1%
112th	Burundi	119.7	0.7%
113th	Togo	120.4	-1.6%
114th	Senegal	121.6	-0.4%
115th	Guatemala	122.5	-2.8%
116th	Myanmar	123.0	-1.4%
117th	Nicaragua	123.7	-1.5%
118th	Peru	125.0	8.2%
119th	Morocco	127.1	-1.5%
120th	Cameroon	127.5	-4.1%
121st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	127.5	-1.2%
122nd	Central African Republic	131.9	-1.9%
123rd	India	135.8	-1.1%
124th	Pakistan	136.0	-0.9%
125th	Chad	137.2	-0.3%
126th	Benin	138.2	-1.5%
127th	Lesotho	139.9	-1.4%
128th	Türkiye	140.9	-2.2%
129th	Gambia, The	144.6	-1.0%
130th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	147.3	0.1%
131st	Nigeria	148.4	-2.9%
132nd	Mozambique	148.9	0.3%
133rd	Niger	150.7	0.8%
134th	Sierra Leone	152.2	-0.8%
135th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	155.7	-2.3%
136th	Algeria	159.5	-1.2%
137th	Côte d'Ivoire	160.7	-2.7%
138th	Burkina Faso	160.9	-0.7%
139th	Oman	164.5	-4.5%
140th	Malawi	164.8	-0.5%
141st	Bangladesh	165.3	11.0%
142nd	Haiti	166.4	-1.9%
143rd	South Sudan	174.5	-1.3%
144th	Nepal	179.9	-2.2%
145th	Guinea	180.2	-0.7%
146th	Bhutan	183.7	-1.8%
147th	Liberia	186.8	-1.7%
148th	Mali	191.3	-1.3%
149th	Maldives	196.2	-3.1%
150th	Afghanistan	223.1	-1.2%
151st	Yemen, Republic of	223.5	-3.2%

FAQ

What was Sweden's infant mortality rate in 1970?▾

Sweden's infant mortality rate in 1970 was 11.3. This ranked 1st globally.

How did Sweden's infant mortality rate change in 1970?▾

Sweden's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.4% in 1970 compared to 1969.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1970?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest infant mortality rate in 1970 at 223.5.

What is the infant mortality rate of Sweden in 1970?▾

The infant mortality rate of Sweden in 1970 was 11.3. This ranked 1st globally.

How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Sweden's infant mortality rate?▾

Sweden's infant mortality rate went from 11.7 in 1969 to 11.3 in 1970, a 3.4% decrease.

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