What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Belarus and Japan?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Japan: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Belarus

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Japan

2.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belarus rank

189th

Japan rank

191st

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Belarus
Japan

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.5 per 1,000 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Belarus has been ahead every year.

Belarus ranks 189th and Japan ranks 191st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	35.73 per 1,000 live births	30.09 per 1,000 live births	5.64 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1970s	25.03 per 1,000 live births	15.45 per 1,000 live births	9.58 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1980s	20.53 per 1,000 live births	8.68 per 1,000 live births	11.85 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1990s	17.34 per 1,000 live births	6.16 per 1,000 live births	11.18 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2000s	10.46 per 1,000 live births	4.12 per 1,000 live births	6.34 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2010s	4.78 per 1,000 live births	2.98 per 1,000 live births	1.8 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2020s	2.92 per 1,000 live births	2.5 per 1,000 live births	0.42 per 1,000 live births	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Belarus or Japan?: Belarus, at 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.5 per 1,000 live births in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Belarus and Japan?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Japan?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Belarus and Japan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Belarus ranks 189th and Japan ranks 191st 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, male (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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.