Spain vs Sweden: Number of child deaths per woman
Spain
0.0047 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sweden
0.0046 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Spain rank
182nd
Sweden rank
183rd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Spain
- Sweden
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.0047 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0046 under-five deaths per woman in Sweden, a difference of 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 149 shared years of data; in 1858 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 182nd and Sweden ranks 183rd of 200 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 13 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.4 under-five deaths per woman | 1.12 under-five deaths per woman | 0.276 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1860s | 1.54 under-five deaths per woman | 1.04 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4987 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1870s | 1.53 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9373 under-five deaths per woman | 0.594 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1880s | 1.48 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8211 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6633 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1900s | 1.31 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4964 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8149 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1910s | 1.21 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3197 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8906 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1920s | 0.9483 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1941 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7542 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1930s | 0.6043 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1074 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4969 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1940s | 0.3981 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0845 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3137 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1950s | 0.189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.051 under-five deaths per woman | 0.138 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1960s | 0.1247 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0376 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0871 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.0639 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0196 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0442 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.0206 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0135 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0071 under-five deaths per woman | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.0089 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0098 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0009 under-five deaths per woman | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.0063 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0064 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0053 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0008 under-five deaths per woman | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.0044 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Spain or Sweden?
- Spain, at 0.0047 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0046 under-five deaths per woman in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Spain and Sweden?
- 0.0001 under-five deaths per woman, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Sweden?
- 149 years are reported by both, from 1858 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Sweden rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Spain ranks 182nd and Sweden ranks 183rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).