WORLDHEALTHRANKINGS
live longer live better
Learn Think Feel Do
WorldHealthRankings
<

World Health Review

Sweden
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
SWEDEN VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Sweden and South Korea health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

South Korea
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Sweden Population Pyramid
 
Choose Year
Play
Pause
    South Korea Population Pyramid
     
    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sweden SWEDEN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Sweden SWEDEN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    71.2
    74.9
    73.0
    3
    3
    3
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    72.2
    77.2
    74.6
    1
    2
    1
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    72.8
    78.9
    75.7
    2
    3
    3
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    74.8
    80.4
    77.5
    4
    6
    2
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    77.3
    81.9
    79.6
    3
    7
    4
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    79.5
    83.5
    81.5
    6
    11
    9
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    80.8
    84.0
    82.4
    8
    18
    13
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sweden SWEDEN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.8
    84.0
    8
    18
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    81.1
    84.2
    9
    20
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    81.1
    84.2
    9
    20
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    81.1
    84.2
    9
    21
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    81.2
    84.3
    10
    21
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    81.4
    84.3
    9
    21
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    81.6
    84.4
    8
    20
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    81.8
    84.5
    7
    20
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    82.0
    84.6
    8
    20
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    82.2
    84.7
    8
    20
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    82.4
    84.9
    10
    22
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    82.8
    85.2
    11
    24
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    83.3
    85.6
    14
    25
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    84.1
    86.2
    16
    26
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    85.2
    87.0
    17
    27
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    86.5
    88.0
    25
    30
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    88.2
    89.3
    36
    35
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    90.3
    91.0
    59
    54
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sweden SWEDEN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    50.98
    161
    27.78
    183
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    30.96
    10
    11.04
    154
    3. Prostate Cancer
    20.40
    64
    6.10
    155
    4. Stroke
    19.81
    170
    25.48
    155
    5. Lung Cancers
    16.11
    75
    20.90
    49
    6. Lung Disease
    14.83
    144
    8.14
    175
    7. Breast Cancer
    13.55
    127
    6.59
    180
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.51
    44
    10.56
    68
    9. Suicide
    12.37
    47
    21.16
    12
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    8.29
    165
    25.21
    100
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    7.84
    25
    7.34
    34
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    6.85
    159
    6.84
    160
    13. Hypertension
    5.32
    154
    3.45
    163
    14. Lymphomas
    5.29
    73
    3.72
    131
    15. Kidney Disease
    5.07
    167
    9.92
    142
    16. Ovary Cancer
    5.06
    65
    2.84
    149
    17. Other Injuries
    4.92
    134
    3.88
    154
    18. Drug Use
    4.10
    18
    0.20
    181
    19. Liver Disease
    3.99
    170
    7.50
    148
    20. Falls
    3.92
    127
    3.34
    142
    21. Other Neoplasms
    3.65
    24
    1.89
    55
    22. Leukemia
    3.40
    103
    2.65
    138
    23. Liver Cancer
    3.36
    156
    12.57
    21
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    3.12
    140
    3.78
    114
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    3.09
    106
    2.11
    148
    26. Skin Cancers
    2.90
    35
    0.60
    157
    27. Congenital Anomalies
    2.78
    162
    1.82
    181
    28. Stomach Cancer
    2.75
    164
    9.13
    50
    29. Bladder Cancer
    2.74
    65
    1.74
    111
    30. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.58
    150
    1.55
    172
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.57
    174
    5.76
    150
    32. Uterin Cancer
    2.44
    87
    0.89
    165
    33. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.39
    93
    1.84
    115
    34. Cervical Cancer
    2.28
    161
    2.29
    160
    35. Alcohol
    2.09
    58
    1.34
    97
    36. Oral Cancer
    1.75
    146
    1.60
    154
    37. Violence
    1.22
    143
    0.68
    170
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.08
    148
    0.54
    171
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.88
    143
    0.91
    139
    40. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.84
    15
    0.01
    178
    41. Drownings
    0.83
    156
    0.71
    161
    42. Epilepsy
    0.78
    158
    0.72
    166
    43. Skin Disease
    0.70
    124
    0.67
    126
    44. Low Birth Weight
    0.61
    178
    1.62
    152
    45. Asthma
    0.56
    158
    1.08
    129
    46. Anemia
    0.47
    24
    0.30
    41
    47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.43
    71
    0.16
    141
    48. Fires
    0.40
    154
    0.33
    159
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.38
    167
    0.23
    175
    50. Birth Trauma
    0.38
    165
    0.39
    164
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Sweden SWEDEN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    15,136
    19.91
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    10,917
    14.36
    12,145
    4.85
    3. Stroke
    6,035
    7.94
    25,596
    10.21
    4. Lung Disease
    4,344
    5.72
    8,526
    3.40
    5. Lung Cancers
    3,722
    4.90
    20,293
    8.10
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3,049
    4.01
    10,180
    4.06
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,659
    3.50
    26,650
    10.63
    8. Prostate Cancer
    2,622
    3.45
    2,316
    0.92
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    1,849
    2.43
    6,994
    2.79
    10. Hypertension
    1,838
    2.42
    3,711
    1.48
    11. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,834
    2.41
    6,812
    2.72
    12. Kidney Disease
    1,629
    2.14
    10,107
    4.03
    13. Breast Cancer
    1,582
    2.08
    2,880
    1.15
    14. Suicide
    1,479
    1.95
    14,636
    5.84
    15. Other Injuries
    1,374
    1.81
    3,634
    1.45
    16. Lymphomas
    1,357
    1.79
    3,477
    1.39
    17. Falls
    1,109
    1.46
    2,934
    1.17
    18. Other Neoplasms
    1,036
    1.36
    1,807
    0.72
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    943
    1.24
    3,951
    1.58
    20. Leukemia
    825
    1.09
    2,140
    0.85
    21. Bladder Cancer
    760
    1.00
    1,768
    0.71
    22. Liver Cancer
    752
    0.99
    11,589
    4.62
    23. Liver Disease
    723
    0.95
    6,348
    2.53
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    702
    0.92
    1,891
    0.75
    25. Skin Cancers
    650
    0.86
    585
    0.23
    26. Stomach Cancer
    612
    0.81
    8,625
    3.44
    27. Ovary Cancer
    553
    0.73
    1,330
    0.53
    28. Inflammatory/Heart
    547
    0.72
    1,325
    0.53
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    538
    0.71
    1,733
    0.69
    30. Drug Use
    423
    0.56
    154
    0.06
    31. Oral Cancer
    379
    0.50
    1,457
    0.58
    32. Alcohol
    359
    0.47
    1,081
    0.43
    33. Uterin Cancer
    345
    0.45
    420
    0.17
    34. Road Traffic Accidents
    315
    0.41
    4,399
    1.76
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    308
    0.41
    518
    0.21
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    289
    0.38
    929
    0.37
    37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    277
    0.36
    540
    0.22
    38. Cervical Cancer
    228
    0.30
    1,065
    0.42
    39. Skin Disease
    220
    0.29
    704
    0.28
    40. Anemia
    175
    0.23
    329
    0.13
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    170
    0.22
    11
    0.00
    42. Asthma
    158
    0.21
    1,150
    0.46
    43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    129
    0.17
    150
    0.06
    44. Epilepsy
    121
    0.16
    524
    0.21
    45. Malnutrition
    117
    0.15
    88
    0.04
    46. Drownings
    114
    0.15
    501
    0.20
    47. Violence
    113
    0.15
    386
    0.15
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    110
    0.14
    224
    0.09
    49. Fires
    65
    0.09
    263
    0.10
    50. Schizophrenia
    63
    0.08
    77
    0.03
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Sweden SWEDEN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    20.40
    64
    6.10
    155
    2. Lung Cancers
    16.11
    75
    20.90
    49
    3. Breast Cancer
    13.55
    127
    6.59
    180
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.51
    44
    10.56
    68
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.84
    25
    7.34
    34
    6. Lymphomas
    5.29
    73
    3.72
    131
    7. Ovary Cancer
    5.06
    65
    2.84
    149
    8. Leukemia
    3.40
    103
    2.65
    138
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.36
    156
    12.57
    21
    10. Skin Cancers
    2.90
    35
    0.60
    157
    11. Stomach Cancer
    2.75
    164
    9.13
    50
    12. Bladder Cancer
    2.74
    65
    1.74
    111
    13. Uterin Cancer
    2.44
    87
    0.89
    165
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.39
    93
    1.84
    115
    15. Cervical Cancer
    2.28
    161
    2.29
    160
    16. Oral Cancer
    1.75
    146
    1.60
    154
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.