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

Japan
2.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
2.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
191st
Sweden rank
189th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Japan
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden 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.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

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

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 30.09 per 1,000 live births 18.96 per 1,000 live births 11.13 per 1,000 live births Japan
1970s 15.45 per 1,000 live births 12.19 per 1,000 live births 3.26 per 1,000 live births Japan
1980s 8.68 per 1,000 live births 8.52 per 1,000 live births 0.16 per 1,000 live births Japan
1990s 6.16 per 1,000 live births 5.83 per 1,000 live births 0.33 per 1,000 live births Japan
2000s 4.12 per 1,000 live births 3.98 per 1,000 live births 0.14 per 1,000 live births Japan
2010s 2.98 per 1,000 live births 3.12 per 1,000 live births 0.14 per 1,000 live births Sweden
2020s 2.5 per 1,000 live births 2.72 per 1,000 live births 0.22 per 1,000 live births Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Japan or Sweden?
Sweden, 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 Japan and Sweden?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sweden 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, male?
Japan ranks 191st and Sweden ranks 189th 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

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.