Japan vs Singapore: Child mortality rate by sex

Japan
0.2336 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Singapore
0.2512 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
187th
Singapore rank
184th

Child mortality rate by sex over time

  • Japan
  • Singapore
02468195019872024

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 0.2512 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2336 deaths per 100 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.0176 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Singapore ahead.

Japan ranks 187th and Singapore ranks 184th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Singapore in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Singapore Difference Ahead
1950s 4.9 deaths per 100 live births 5.98 deaths per 100 live births 1.07 deaths per 100 live births Singapore
1960s 2.41 deaths per 100 live births 3.27 deaths per 100 live births 0.857 deaths per 100 live births Singapore
1970s 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 1.74 deaths per 100 live births 0.5375 deaths per 100 live births Singapore
1980s 0.7051 deaths per 100 live births 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 0.3301 deaths per 100 live births Singapore
1990s 0.5153 deaths per 100 live births 0.5078 deaths per 100 live births 0.0075 deaths per 100 live births Japan
2000s 0.357 deaths per 100 live births 0.2908 deaths per 100 live births 0.0663 deaths per 100 live births Japan
2010s 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births 0.2488 deaths per 100 live births 0.0214 deaths per 100 live births Japan
2020s 0.2298 deaths per 100 live births 0.2363 deaths per 100 live births 0.0065 deaths per 100 live births Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Japan or Singapore?
Singapore, at 0.2512 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2336 deaths per 100 live births in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Japan and Singapore?
0.0176 deaths per 100 live births, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
Japan ranks 187th and Singapore ranks 184th 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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Indicator
Child mortality rate 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

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