Which has higher child mortality, Japan or Norway?

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

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

102 years are reported by both, from 1920 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

Norway

0.25

in 2024

Japan rank

192nd

Norway rank

189th

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Japan ahead.

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

Across the 11 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Norway in 4.

Decade	Japan	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1920s	24.67	6.9	17.77	Japan
1930s	18.17	5.46	12.71	Japan
1940s	12.14	4.64	7.5	Japan
1950s	6.33	2.7	3.63	Japan
1960s	2.72	1.99	0.73	Japan
1970s	1.38	1.33	0.053	Japan
1980s	0.786	0.996	0.21	Norway
1990s	0.566	0.63	0.064	Norway
2000s	0.384	0.415	0.031	Norway
2010s	0.287	0.278	0.009	Japan
2020s	0.24	0.242	0.002	Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Japan or Norway?: Norway, at 0.25 against 0.24 in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Japan and Norway?: 0.01, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?: 102 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2024.
How do Japan and Norway rank globally for child mortality?: Japan ranks 192nd and Norway 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.