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
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
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.