Japan vs Sweden: Maternal mortality ratio

Japan
4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Sweden
4.51 deaths per 100,000 live births
in 2020
Japan rank
176th
Sweden rank
174th

Maternal mortality ratio over time

  • Japan
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 4.51 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.2 deaths per 100,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 73 shared years of data; in 1935 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 176th and Sweden ranks 174th of 189 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 9 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Sweden Difference Ahead
1930s 260 deaths per 100,000 live births 256.09 deaths per 100,000 live births 3.91 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1940s 204 deaths per 100,000 live births 151.55 deaths per 100,000 live births 52.45 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1950s 162.37 deaths per 100,000 live births 49.77 deaths per 100,000 live births 112.59 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1960s 91.12 deaths per 100,000 live births 17.84 deaths per 100,000 live births 73.28 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1970s 32.41 deaths per 100,000 live births 6.01 deaths per 100,000 live births 26.4 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1980s 16.22 deaths per 100,000 live births 6.21 deaths per 100,000 live births 10.01 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
1990s 10.81 deaths per 100,000 live births 6.4 deaths per 100,000 live births 4.42 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
2000s 7.11 deaths per 100,000 live births 5.38 deaths per 100,000 live births 1.74 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
2010s 5.09 deaths per 100,000 live births 4.65 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.4405 deaths per 100,000 live births Japan
2020s 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births 4.51 deaths per 100,000 live births 0.1929 deaths per 100,000 live births Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maternal mortality ratio, Japan or Sweden?
Sweden, at 4.51 deaths per 100,000 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan as of 2020.
What is the difference in maternal mortality ratio between Japan and Sweden?
0.2 deaths per 100,000 live births, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
73 years are reported by both, from 1935 to 2020.
How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for maternal mortality ratio?
Japan ranks 176th and Sweden ranks 174th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Maternal mortality ratio. 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 ratio
Unit
deaths per 100,000 live births
Source
UN MMEIG (2023) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 8,868 data points, 1751–2020
Last refreshed

The estimated number of women who die from maternal conditions per 100,000 live births, based on data from death certificates, large-scale surveys, and statistical modeling.