Japan vs Norway: Child mortality rate by sex
Japan
0.2336 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway
0.223 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
187th
Norway rank
190th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.2336 deaths per 100 live births against 0.223 deaths per 100 live births in Norway, a difference of 0.0106 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 187th and Norway ranks 190th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Norway in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 2.41 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6937 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0654 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.7051 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1652 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.5153 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5562 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0409 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.357 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3686 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0116 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2484 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0219 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2298 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2162 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Japan or Norway?
- Japan, at 0.2336 deaths per 100 live births against 0.223 deaths per 100 live births in Norway as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Japan and Norway?
- 0.0106 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Japan ranks 187th and Norway ranks 190th 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 rate 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 female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .