Finland vs Japan: Child mortality by sex
Finland
0.2543 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan
0.2526 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Finland rank
193rd
Japan rank
195th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Finland
- Japan
How they compare
Finland currently reports 0.2543 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.0017 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Finland ranks 193rd and Japan ranks 195th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.08 deaths per 100 live births | 6.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.57 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6289 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1226 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.8355 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8661 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0306 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.5966 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6152 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0185 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.4131 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4113 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0017 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.2818 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2978 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0159 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2548 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2499 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0049 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Finland or Japan?
- Finland, at 0.2543 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Finland and Japan?
- 0.0017 deaths per 100 live births, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Japan?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Japan rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Finland ranks 193rd and Japan ranks 195th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .