Japan vs Sweden: Child mortality rate
Japan
0.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
192nd
Sweden rank
192nd
Child mortality rate over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.24 deaths per 100 live births against 0.24 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 102 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 192nd and Sweden ranks 192nd of 200 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 9 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 24.67 deaths per 100 live births | 7.94 deaths per 100 live births | 16.73 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1930s | 18.17 deaths per 100 live births | 6.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.13 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1940s | 12.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.67 deaths per 100 live births | 8.48 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1950s | 6.33 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 | 0.297 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.786 deaths per 100 live births | 0.771 deaths per 100 live births | 0.015 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.566 deaths per 100 live births | 0.529 deaths per 100 live births | 0.037 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.384 deaths per 100 live births | 0.364 deaths per 100 live births | 0.02 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.287 deaths per 100 live births | 0.287 deaths per 100 live births | 0 deaths per 100 live births | — |
| 2020s | 0.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.248 deaths per 100 live births | 0.008 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Japan or Sweden?
- Japan, at 0.24 deaths per 100 live births against 0.24 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Japan and Sweden?
- 0 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 102 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Japan ranks 192nd and Sweden ranks 192nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.