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
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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) – 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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Indicator
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

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