Japan vs Sweden: Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
Japan
0.2434 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2406 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
191st
Sweden rank
192nd
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2406 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0028 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 191st and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2937 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.7876 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7726 deaths per 100 live births | 0.015 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.5665 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5279 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0385 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.3848 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3645 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0203 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.2843 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2868 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0024 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2401 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2495 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0094 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. gdp per capita, Japan or Sweden?
- Japan, at 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2406 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.0028 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for child mortality vs. gdp per capita?
- Japan ranks 191st and Sweden ranks 192nd 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 .