What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Japan and Slovenia?

0.0087 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Slovenia?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

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.

Japan vs Slovenia: Child mortality by sex

Japan

0.2526 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Slovenia

0.2439 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Japan rank

195th

Slovenia rank

196th

Child mortality by sex over time

Japan
Slovenia

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2439 deaths per 100 live births in Slovenia, a difference of 0.0087 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Slovenia ahead.

Japan ranks 195th and Slovenia ranks 196th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Slovenia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Slovenia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.8401 deaths per 100 live births	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	0.7618 deaths per 100 live births	Slovenia
1990s	0.6152 deaths per 100 live births	0.8573 deaths per 100 live births	0.2421 deaths per 100 live births	Slovenia
2000s	0.4113 deaths per 100 live births	0.4706 deaths per 100 live births	0.0593 deaths per 100 live births	Slovenia
2010s	0.2978 deaths per 100 live births	0.293 deaths per 100 live births	0.0048 deaths per 100 live births	Japan
2020s	0.2499 deaths per 100 live births	0.25 deaths per 100 live births	0.0001 deaths per 100 live births	Slovenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Japan or Slovenia?: Japan, at 0.2526 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2439 deaths per 100 live births in Slovenia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Japan and Slovenia?: 0.0087 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Slovenia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Japan and Slovenia rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Japan ranks 195th and Slovenia ranks 196th 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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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .