What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Finland and Japan?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Japan?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Finland vs Japan: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Finland

2.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Japan

2.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Finland rank

188th

Japan rank

185th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Finland
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Finland, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Finland ranks 188th and Japan ranks 185th of 197 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	18.43 per 1,000 live births	24.14 per 1,000 live births	5.71 per 1,000 live births	Japan
1970s	11 per 1,000 live births	12.02 per 1,000 live births	1.02 per 1,000 live births	Japan
1980s	6.73 per 1,000 live births	7.04 per 1,000 live births	0.31 per 1,000 live births	Japan
1990s	4.86 per 1,000 live births	5.17 per 1,000 live births	0.31 per 1,000 live births	Japan
2000s	3.38 per 1,000 live births	3.57 per 1,000 live births	0.19 per 1,000 live births	Japan
2010s	2.36 per 1,000 live births	2.7 per 1,000 live births	0.34 per 1,000 live births	Japan
2020s	2.2 per 1,000 live births	2.3 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Finland or Japan?: Japan, at 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Finland as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Finland and Japan?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Japan?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Finland and Japan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Finland ranks 188th and Japan ranks 185th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.