France vs Japan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in France and 0.2 per 100 live births in Japan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in France, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.79 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

France has been higher since 1968, 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	France	Japan	World
2024	0.4	0.2	3.7
2023	0.4	0.2	3.8
2022	0.4	0.2	4
2021	0.4	0.2	4
2020	0.4	0.2	3.9
2019	0.4	0.3	4
2018	0.4	0.3	4
2017	0.4	0.3	4.1
2016	0.4	0.3	4.2
2015	0.4	0.3	4.3
2014	0.4	0.3	4.4
2013	0.4	0.3	4.5
2012	0.4	0.3	4.7
2011	0.4	0.3	5
2010	0.4	0.3	5.1
2009	0.4	0.3	5.3
2008	0.4	0.3	5.5
2007	0.4	0.4	5.7
2006	0.5	0.4	6
2005	0.5	0.4	6.2
2004	0.5	0.4	6.6
2003	0.5	0.4	6.8
2002	0.5	0.4	7.1
2001	0.5	0.4	7.4
2000	0.5	0.5	7.7
1999	0.6	0.5	7.9
1998	0.6	0.5	8.3
1997	0.6	0.5	8.4
1996	0.6	0.6	8.6
1995	0.7	0.6	8.8
1994	0.7	0.6	8.9
1993	0.8	0.6	9.1
1992	0.8	0.6	9.2
1991	0.9	0.6	9.3
1990	0.9	0.6	9.4
1989	0.9	0.6	9.5
1988	1	0.7	10
1987	1	0.7	9.9
1986	1	0.7	10.3
1985	1	0.8	10.6
1984	1.1	0.8	10.9
1983	1.1	0.8	11.1
1982	1.2	0.9	11.2
1981	1.2	0.9	11.6
1980	1.2	1	11.9
1979	1.3	1.1	11.9
1978	1.3	1.1	12.3
1977	1.4	1.2	12.6
1976	1.4	1.3	12.8
1975	1.5	1.3	13.1
1974	1.5	1.4	13.3
1973	1.6	1.5	13.5
1972	1.7	1.6	13.7
1971	1.7	1.7	13.9
1970	1.8	1.8	14.2
1969	1.9	1.9	14.6
1968	2	2	15
1967	2.1	2.1	15.3
1966	2.1	2.3	15.1
1965	2.2	2.5	15.1
1964	2.3	2.7	15.7
1963	2.5	3	16.2
1962	2.6	3.3	17
1961	2.7	3.6	18.8
1960	2.9	4	20.2
1959	3	4.3	19.9
1958	3.2	4.7	19.7
1957	3.5	5	20.5
1956	3.7	5.4	21.3
1955	4	5.8	22.3
1954	4.3	6.3	22.8
1953	4.6	6.8	23.3
1952	5	7.5	23.9
1951	5.3	8.3	24.3
1950	5.7	9.2	24.7
1949	6.1	10.1	24.9
1948	6.5	9.9	24.9
1947	8.3	14.8	25.5
1946	9.7	–	25.8
1945	13.6	–	26.7
1944	10.5	–	27.4
1943	10.1	12.6	27.7
1942	9.7	12.4	27.9
1941	9.4	12.1	27.8
1940	11.5	13.1	27.9
1939	8.6	16.2	28
1938	9	17.7	28.7
1937	9	16	28.8
1936	9.2	18.1	29.1
1935	9.2	16.2	29.5
1934	9.8	19.6	30.7
1933	10	19	30.5
1932	10.6	18.3	30.7
1931	10.5	20.9	31.4
1930	10.9	19.6	31.6
1929	13	22.8	32
1928	12.7	22	31.9
1927	11.8	22.8	31.9
1926	13.4	21.9	32.7
1925	12.8	22.8	32.4
1924	11.9	25.3	33.1
1923	13.4	26.5	33.1
1922	11.9	27	33.2
1921	15.5	28.6	34.2
1920	16.8	27	34.4
1919	17.8	–	35.7
1918	22.2	–	37.6
1917	18.1	–	35.3
1916	16.4	–	35.1
1915	16.6	–	35.3
1914	15.5	–	35.4
1913	16.3	–	35.1
1912	15.7	–	35.5
1911	20.4	–	36
1910	16	–	36.4
1909	16.8	–	36.6
1908	18.2	–	37.2
1907	18.4	–	37.4
1906	20	–	38.1
1905	19.1	–	38.8
1904	20.2	–	38.9
1903	19.4	–	39.5
1902	19.7	–	40.1
1901	20.7	–	40.8
1900	22.4	–	40.9
1899	23.4	–	40.8
1898	22.9	–	41.2
1897	20.7	–	41
1896	20.3	–	41.1
1895	22.8	–	41.3
1894	22.6	–	41.2
1893	24.9	–	41.2
1892	25	–	41.7
1891	23.6	–	41.3
1890	25.1	–	41.5
1889	23	–	41.2
1888	24.2	–	41
1887	24.3	–	41.1
1886	25	–	41.1
1885	24	–	41.2
1884	26	–	41.1
1883	24.8	–	41.4
1882	24.8	–	41.5
1881	24.4	–	41.1
1880	25.7	–	41.6
1879	23.5	–	41.1
1878	25	–	41.6
1877	23.7	–	41.2
1876	24	–	41.4
1875	24.6	–	41.5
1874	24.2	–	41.7
1873	26.7	–	41.8
1872	25.5	–	42.1
1871	34.4	–	42.2
1870	30	–	41.9
1869	27.4	–	42.1
1868	28.8	–	42.4
1867	26.4	–	42
1866	25.3	–	42.1
1865	28.3	–	42.3
1864	26.5	–	42.2
1863	27.5	–	42.5
1862	25.8	–	42.6
1861	29.1	–	42.9
1860	24.3	–	42.9
1859	34.7	–	43.7
1858	28.3	–	43.8
1857	28.6	–	44.2
1856	26.9	–	44.2
1855	27.9	–	44
1854	29.8	–	43.7
1853	24.4	–	43.2
1852	26.5	–	42.9
1851	26.2	–	42.4
1850	23.8	–	42
1849	30.1	–	42.3
1848	26.5	–	42.3
1847	25.8	–	42.2
1846	27.2	–	42.4
1845	23.7	–	42
1844	25.2	–	42.1
1843	26.9	–	42.1
1842	27	–	42.2
1841	26.3	–	42.1
1840	26.1	–	42.1
1839	26.8	–	42.1
1838	28.7	–	42.2
1837	27.4	–	42.2
1836	25.9	–	42.2
1835	27.7	–	42.2
1834	33.8	–	42.3
1833	28.7	–	42.2
1832	29.8	–	42.2
1831	28.4	–	42.2
1830	28.3	–	42.2
1829	28.4	–	42.1
1828	31.3	–	42.1
1827	28.5	–	42.1
1826	30.4	–	42.1
1825	30.6	–	42.1
1824	30.6	–	42.1
1823	28.9	–	42.1
1822	30.9	–	42.1
1821	28.7	–	42.1
1820	28.5	–	42.1
1819	31.2	–	42.2
1818	29.4	–	42.2
1817	28.4	–	42.2
1816	27.3	–	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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