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

Japan
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Norway
2.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
185th
Norway rank
188th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Japan
  • Norway
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

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

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Norway in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Norway Difference Ahead
1960s 24.14 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births 6.94 per 1,000 live births Japan
1970s 12.02 per 1,000 live births 11.36 per 1,000 live births 0.66 per 1,000 live births Japan
1980s 7.04 per 1,000 live births 8.69 per 1,000 live births 1.65 per 1,000 live births Norway
1990s 5.17 per 1,000 live births 5.55 per 1,000 live births 0.38 per 1,000 live births Norway
2000s 3.57 per 1,000 live births 3.69 per 1,000 live births 0.12 per 1,000 live births Norway
2010s 2.7 per 1,000 live births 2.49 per 1,000 live births 0.21 per 1,000 live births Japan
2020s 2.3 per 1,000 live births 2.14 per 1,000 live births 0.16 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, Japan or Norway?
Japan, at 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Norway as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Japan and Norway?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Japan and Norway rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Japan ranks 185th and Norway ranks 188th 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

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.