Japan vs North Korea

Japan vs North Korea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Japan and 1.7 per 100 live births in North Korea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Korea, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 6.96 times that in Japan.

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

Japan vs North Korea: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Japan and 1.7 per 100 live births in North Korea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Korea, by 1.4 per 100 live births, or 6.96 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • 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

YearJapanNorth KoreaWorld
20240.21.73.7
20230.21.83.8
20220.21.84
20210.21.74
20200.21.73.9
20190.31.84
20180.31.84
20170.31.94.1
20160.32.14.2
20150.32.14.3
20140.32.34.4
20130.32.44.5
20120.32.64.7
20110.32.75
20100.32.95.1
20090.335.3
20080.33.15.5
20070.43.25.7
20060.43.36
20050.43.36.2
20040.43.46.6
20030.43.56.8
20020.49.87.1
20010.49.97.4
20000.5107.7
19990.510.27.9
19980.510.38.3
19970.510.58.4
19960.610.68.6
19950.610.88.8
19940.64.38.9
19930.64.39.1
19920.64.39.2
19910.64.29.3
19900.64.19.4
19890.649.5
19880.73.810
19870.73.89.9
19860.73.710.3
19850.83.710.6
19840.83.710.9
19830.83.811.1
19820.93.911.2
19810.94.111.6
198014.211.9
19791.14.411.9
19781.14.612.3
19771.24.812.6
19761.3512.8
19751.35.313.1
19741.45.613.3
19731.55.913.5
19721.66.213.7
19711.76.613.9
19701.8714.2
19691.97.514.6
196827.915
19672.18.515.3
19662.3915.1
19652.59.515.1
19642.79.915.7
1963310.416.2
19623.310.817
19613.611.218.8
1960411.620.2
19594.312.119.9
19584.712.719.7
1957513.420.5
19565.414.421.3
19555.815.522.3
19546.316.922.8
19536.821.823.3
19527.526.523.9
19518.340.524.3
19509.246.324.7
194910.1–24.9
19489.9–24.9
194714.8–25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
194312.6–27.7
194212.4–27.9
194112.1–27.8
194013.1–27.9
193916.2–28
193817.7–28.7
193716–28.8
193618.1–29.1
193516.2–29.5
193419.6–30.7
193319–30.5
193218.3–30.7
193120.9–31.4
193019.6–31.6
192922.8–32
192822–31.9
192722.8–31.9
192621.9–32.7
192522.8–32.4
192425.3–33.1
192326.5–33.1
192227–33.2
192128.6–34.2
192027–34.4
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

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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