Japan vs Netherlands: Maternal mortality

Japan
4.31
in 2020
Netherlands
4.31
in 2020
Japan rank
176th
Netherlands rank
177th

Maternal mortality over time

  • Japan
  • Netherlands
0100200300400187819492020

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.31 against 4.31 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1935 it was Netherlands ahead.

Japan ranks 176th and Netherlands ranks 177th of 189 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Netherlands Difference Ahead
1930s 260 293 33 Netherlands
1940s 204 187.5 16.5 Japan
1950s 162.37 69.26 93.1 Japan
1960s 91.12 29.18 61.94 Japan
1970s 32.41 10.77 21.64 Japan
1980s 16.18 9.58 6.6 Japan
1990s 10.81 12.02 1.21 Netherlands
2000s 7.11 10.39 3.28 Netherlands
2010s 5.09 5.32 0.2297 Netherlands
2020s 4.31 4.31 0.0032 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality, Japan or Netherlands?
Japan, at 4.31 against 4.31 in Netherlands as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality between Japan and Netherlands?
0, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Netherlands?
74 years are reported by both, from 1935 to 2020.
How do Japan and Netherlands rank globally for maternal mortality?
Japan ranks 176th and Netherlands ranks 177th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Maternal mortality
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 8,868 data points, 1751–2020
Last refreshed