Japan vs Sweden: Infant mortality rate by sex
Japan
0.1747 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.178 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
193rd
Sweden rank
192nd
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.178 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1747 deaths per 100 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.0033 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 193rd and Sweden ranks 192nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 1.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6499 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9099 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7985 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1114 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.5248 deaths per 100 live births | 0.583 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0582 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.3767 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3924 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0157 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.2625 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0077 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.1977 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2128 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0151 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.1711 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1848 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Japan or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.178 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1747 deaths per 100 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.0033 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden 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 infant mortality rate by sex?
- Japan ranks 193rd 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 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 .