Japan vs Sweden: Mortality rate, under-5
Japan
2.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sweden
2.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
188th
Sweden rank
188th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.4 per 1,000 live births against 2.4 per 1,000 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 188th and Sweden ranks 188th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.2 per 1,000 live births | 16.73 per 1,000 live births | 10.47 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 13.79 per 1,000 live births | 10.82 per 1,000 live births | 2.97 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1980s | 7.86 per 1,000 live births | 7.71 per 1,000 live births | 0.15 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1990s | 5.66 per 1,000 live births | 5.29 per 1,000 live births | 0.37 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 2000s | 3.84 per 1,000 live births | 3.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.2 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.87 per 1,000 live births | 2.87 per 1,000 live births | 0 per 1,000 live births | — |
| 2020s | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 2.48 per 1,000 live births | 0.08 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, Japan or Sweden?
- Japan, at 2.4 per 1,000 live births against 2.4 per 1,000 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Japan and Sweden?
- 0 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?
- Japan ranks 188th and Sweden ranks 188th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.