Japan vs Norway: Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
Japan
0.2434 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway
0.2487 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
191st
Norway rank
190th
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2487 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.0053 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 191st and Norway ranks 190th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Norway in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7291 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0506 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.7876 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9967 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2091 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.5665 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6307 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0642 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.3848 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4142 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0294 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.2843 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2778 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0066 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2401 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2415 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0014 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. gdp per capita, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.2487 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Norway?
- 0.0053 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway 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 vs. gdp per capita?
- Japan ranks 191st and Norway ranks 190th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. GDP per capita. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .