Which has higher child mortality, Japan or Latvia?

Latvia, at 0.25 against 0.24 in Japan as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?

67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan

0.24

in 2024

Latvia

0.25

in 2024

Japan rank

192nd

Latvia rank

189th

Latvia currently reports 0.25 against 0.24 in Japan, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 192nd and Latvia ranks 189th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 6.

Decade	Japan	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	4.5	3.65	0.855	Japan
1960s	2.72	2.65	0.068	Japan
1970s	1.38	2.17	0.795	Latvia
1980s	0.786	1.81	1.02	Latvia
1990s	0.566	1.83	1.26	Latvia
2000s	0.384	1.1	0.717	Latvia
2010s	0.287	0.557	0.27	Latvia
2020s	0.24	0.304	0.064	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Japan or Latvia?: Latvia, at 0.25 against 0.24 in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Japan and Latvia?: 0.01, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?: 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for child mortality?: Japan ranks 192nd and Latvia ranks 189th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.