SE · 2021 · tps00027
Infant mortality rate
Sweden, 2021
In 2021, Sweden's infant mortality rate decreased by 25.0% compared to 2020, reaching 1.80.
Sweden accounts for 56.3% of the EU-27 total of 3.20.
Sweden ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 28.0% (from 2.50 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00027, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.