Japan vs Luxembourg: Infant mortality rate by sex
Japan
0.1747 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg
0.1701 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
193rd
Luxembourg rank
195th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.1747 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1701 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0046 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 193rd and Luxembourg ranks 195th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Luxembourg in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 3.49 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5666 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3409 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 0.9099 deaths per 100 live births | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3811 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 0.5248 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8407 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3159 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 0.3767 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5041 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1273 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 0.2625 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2782 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0158 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 0.1977 deaths per 100 live births | 0.198 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0003 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 0.1711 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1774 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0062 deaths per 100 live births | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Japan or Luxembourg?
- Japan, at 0.1747 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1701 deaths per 100 live births in Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 0.0046 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Japan ranks 193rd and Luxembourg ranks 195th 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 Infant mortality rate by sex. 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .