🇺🇸 United States vs 🇸🇪 Sweden
Three centuries of comparative human progress from 1800 to the 2020s and projections through 2100. Sources: UN WPP, World Bank, Maddison Project.
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United States
Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
95.4/100
Leads in 6 dimensions
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Sweden
Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
95.9/100
Leads in 17 dimensions
Full 25-Dimension Head-to-Head Comparison (2020s)
Every tracked demographic, economic, healthcare, and educational metric between United States and Sweden.
| Dimension | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Leader | Historical Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Expectancy at Birth years | 77.6 | 83.2 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) intl-$ | 73,109.7 | 62,039.5 | 🇺🇸 United States | Global map → |
| Child Mortality (under 5) per 1,000 births | 6.5 | 2.5 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Years of Schooling years | 13.7 | 12.6 | 🇺🇸 United States | Global map → |
| Children per Woman births | 1.6 | 1.6 | 🇺🇸 United States | Global map → |
| Living in Cities % | 80.1 | 88.5 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Internet Access % | 92.5 | 95.2 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Electricity at Home % | 100.0 | 100.0 | Tied | Global map → |
| Homicide Rate per 100,000 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Annual Working Hours hours/year | 1,770.0 | 1,440.0 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Average Male Height cm | 177.0 | 180.0 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Extreme Poverty % | 0.9 | 0.8 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Suicide Rate per 100,000 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | 5.5 | 2.0 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Female Life Expectancy years | 80.4 | 84.9 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Male Life Expectancy years | 75.0 | 81.5 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Alcohol Consumption liters/year | 9.9 | 9.6 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Population 65+ % | 17.2 | 20.5 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Adult Overweight % | 72.1 | 50.4 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Basic Drinking Water Access % | 99.9 | 99.7 | 🇺🇸 United States | Global map → |
| Physicians per 1,000 people | 3.6 | 4.4 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
| Electricity Use per Person kWh/year | 12,662.2 | 12,483.9 | 🇺🇸 United States | Global map → |
| Smoking Prevalence % | 16.9 | 21.7 | 🇺🇸 United States | Global map → |
| Primary School Completion % | 99.3 | 99.8 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Global map → |
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