Japan vs Luxembourg: Child mortality by sex
Japan
0.2526 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg
0.2374 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
195th
Luxembourg rank
197th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2374 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0152 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 195th and Luxembourg ranks 197th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Luxembourg in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.65 deaths per 100 live births | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.01 deaths per 100 live births | 3.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3666 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 1.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4297 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 0.8661 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3981 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 0.6152 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7373 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1221 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 0.4113 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3999 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0115 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.2978 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2807 deaths per 100 live births | 0.017 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2499 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2485 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Japan or Luxembourg?
- Japan, at 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2374 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 0.0152 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Japan ranks 195th and Luxembourg ranks 197th 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 .