Colombia vs Japan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.2 per 100 live births in Colombia and 0.2 per 100 live births in Japan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.9 per 100 live births, or 4.79 times that in Japan.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher since 1935, when it overtook Japan.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Colombia	Japan	World
2024	1.2	0.2	3.7
2023	1.2	0.2	3.8
2022	1.2	0.2	4
2021	1.3	0.2	4
2020	1.3	0.2	3.9
2019	1.4	0.3	4
2018	1.4	0.3	4
2017	1.5	0.3	4.1
2016	1.5	0.3	4.2
2015	1.6	0.3	4.3
2014	1.6	0.3	4.4
2013	1.7	0.3	4.5
2012	1.7	0.3	4.7
2011	1.8	0.3	5
2010	1.8	0.3	5.1
2009	1.9	0.3	5.3
2008	2	0.3	5.5
2007	2	0.4	5.7
2006	2.1	0.4	6
2005	2.1	0.4	6.2
2004	2.2	0.4	6.6
2003	2.3	0.4	6.8
2002	2.4	0.4	7.1
2001	2.4	0.4	7.4
2000	2.5	0.5	7.7
1999	2.6	0.5	7.9
1998	2.7	0.5	8.3
1997	2.8	0.5	8.4
1996	2.9	0.6	8.6
1995	3	0.6	8.8
1994	3.1	0.6	8.9
1993	3.2	0.6	9.1
1992	3.3	0.6	9.2
1991	3.5	0.6	9.3
1990	3.6	0.6	9.4
1989	3.7	0.6	9.5
1988	3.9	0.7	10
1987	4	0.7	9.9
1986	4.2	0.7	10.3
1985	4.9	0.8	10.6
1984	4.6	0.8	10.9
1983	4.9	0.8	11.1
1982	5.2	0.9	11.2
1981	5.5	0.9	11.6
1980	5.9	1	11.9
1979	6.2	1.1	11.9
1978	6.6	1.1	12.3
1977	7	1.2	12.6
1976	7.4	1.3	12.8
1975	7.9	1.3	13.1
1974	8.3	1.4	13.3
1973	8.7	1.5	13.5
1972	9	1.6	13.7
1971	9.4	1.7	13.9
1970	9.8	1.8	14.2
1969	10.1	1.9	14.6
1968	10.5	2	15
1967	10.8	2.1	15.3
1966	11.2	2.3	15.1
1965	11.6	2.5	15.1
1964	11.9	2.7	15.7
1963	12.3	3	16.2
1962	12.7	3.3	17
1961	13.1	3.6	18.8
1960	13.6	4	20.2
1959	14.1	4.3	19.9
1958	14.5	4.7	19.7
1957	15.1	5	20.5
1956	15.6	5.4	21.3
1955	16.1	5.8	22.3
1954	16.7	6.3	22.8
1953	17.2	6.8	23.3
1952	17.8	7.5	23.9
1951	18.7	8.3	24.3
1950	19.4	9.2	24.7
1949	21.3	10.1	24.9
1948	21.7	9.9	24.9
1947	22.4	14.8	25.5
1946	24.3	–	25.8
1945	24.4	–	26.7
1944	25.2	–	27.4
1943	25.5	12.6	27.7
1942	25	12.4	27.9
1941	24.3	12.1	27.8
1940	22.8	13.1	27.9
1939	26.4	16.2	28
1938	25.3	17.7	28.7
1937	24.3	16	28.8
1936	24.8	18.1	29.1
1935	25.3	16.2	29.5
1934	18.1	19.6	30.7
1933	23	19	30.5
1932	–	18.3	30.7
1931	19.6	20.9	31.4
1930	16	19.6	31.6
1929	19.2	22.8	32
1928	20.4	22	31.9
1927	23.2	22.8	31.9
1926	23.9	21.9	32.7
1925	19	22.8	32.4
1924	22.8	25.3	33.1
1923	–	26.5	33.1
1922	–	27	33.2
1921	–	28.6	34.2
1920	–	27	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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