Japan vs Sweden: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Japan
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
2.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
185th
Sweden rank
188th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Sweden, 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 Sweden ranks 188th of 197 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.14 per 1,000 live births | 14.39 per 1,000 live births | 9.75 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 12.02 per 1,000 live births | 9.43 per 1,000 live births | 2.59 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 7.04 per 1,000 live births | 6.89 per 1,000 live births | 0.15 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.17 per 1,000 live births | 4.72 per 1,000 live births | 0.45 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 2000s | 3.57 per 1,000 live births | 3.29 per 1,000 live births | 0.28 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 2.61 per 1,000 live births | 0.09 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 2020s | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2.28 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 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 Sweden?
- Japan, at 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Japan ranks 185th and Sweden 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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About this data
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.