Japan vs Switzerland: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Japan and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.63 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

Switzerland 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	Japan	Switzerland	World
2024	0.2	0.4	3.7
2023	0.2	0.4	3.8
2022	0.2	0.4	4
2021	0.2	0.4	4
2020	0.2	0.4	3.9
2019	0.3	0.4	4
2018	0.3	0.4	4
2017	0.3	0.4	4.1
2016	0.3	0.4	4.2
2015	0.3	0.4	4.3
2014	0.3	0.4	4.4
2013	0.3	0.4	4.5
2012	0.3	0.4	4.7
2011	0.3	0.5	5
2010	0.3	0.5	5.1
2009	0.3	0.5	5.3
2008	0.3	0.5	5.5
2007	0.4	0.5	5.7
2006	0.4	0.5	6
2005	0.4	0.5	6.2
2004	0.4	0.5	6.6
2003	0.4	0.5	6.8
2002	0.4	0.5	7.1
2001	0.4	0.6	7.4
2000	0.5	0.6	7.7
1999	0.5	0.6	7.9
1998	0.5	0.6	8.3
1997	0.5	0.6	8.4
1996	0.6	0.6	8.6
1995	0.6	0.6	8.8
1994	0.6	0.7	8.9
1993	0.6	0.7	9.1
1992	0.6	0.8	9.2
1991	0.6	0.8	9.3
1990	0.6	0.8	9.4
1989	0.6	0.8	9.5
1988	0.7	0.9	10
1987	0.7	0.9	9.9
1986	0.7	0.9	10.3
1985	0.8	0.9	10.6
1984	0.8	0.9	10.9
1983	0.8	0.9	11.1
1982	0.9	1	11.2
1981	0.9	1	11.6
1980	1	1	11.9
1979	1.1	1.1	11.9
1978	1.1	1.1	12.3
1977	1.2	1.2	12.6
1976	1.3	1.3	12.8
1975	1.3	1.4	13.1
1974	1.4	1.5	13.3
1973	1.5	1.6	13.5
1972	1.6	1.7	13.7
1971	1.7	1.8	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	2.3	2.2	15.1
1965	2.5	2.3	15.1
1964	2.7	2.4	15.7
1963	3	2.5	16.2
1962	3.3	2.5	17
1961	3.6	2.6	18.8
1960	4	2.7	20.2
1959	4.3	2.7	19.9
1958	4.7	2.8	19.7
1957	5	2.9	20.5
1956	5.4	3	21.3
1955	5.8	3.2	22.3
1954	6.3	3.3	22.8
1953	6.8	3.5	23.3
1952	7.5	3.6	23.9
1951	8.3	3.7	24.3
1950	9.2	3.9	24.7
1949	10.1	4.2	24.9
1948	9.9	4.4	24.9
1947	14.8	4.8	25.5
1946	–	5	25.8
1945	–	5.1	26.7
1944	–	5.4	27.4
1943	12.6	5.1	27.7
1942	12.4	5.1	27.9
1941	12.1	5.4	27.8
1940	13.1	6.2	27.9
1939	16.2	5.5	28
1938	17.7	5.6	28.7
1937	16	6.1	28.8
1936	18.1	6	29.1
1935	16.2	6.3	29.5
1934	19.6	6	30.7
1933	19	6.1	30.5
1932	18.3	6.7	30.7
1931	20.9	6.5	31.4
1930	19.6	6.7	31.6
1929	22.8	7	32
1928	22	7.4	31.9
1927	22.8	7.4	31.9
1926	21.9	7.4	32.7
1925	22.8	7.7	32.4
1924	25.3	7.9	33.1
1923	26.5	7.8	33.1
1922	27	8.8	33.2
1921	28.6	9.5	34.2
1920	27	12.1	34.4
1919	–	11.1	35.7
1918	–	12.7	37.6
1917	–	10.4	35.3
1916	–	10.3	35.1
1915	–	11.3	35.3
1914	–	11.8	35.4
1913	–	12.5	35.1
1912	–	12.3	35.5
1911	–	15.4	36
1910	–	14.1	36.4
1909	–	15.1	36.6
1908	–	14.1	37.2
1907	–	15.5	37.4
1906	–	16.4	38.1
1905	–	16.9	38.8
1904	–	18.3	38.9
1903	–	16.9	39.5
1902	–	16.8	40.1
1901	–	18.4	40.8
1900	–	19.7	40.9
1899	–	18.1	40.8
1898	–	19.8	41.2
1897	–	18.1	41
1896	–	17.8	41.1
1895	–	20.3	41.3
1894	–	20.8	41.2
1893	–	20.5	41.2
1892	–	19.7	41.7
1891	–	22.5	41.3
1890	–	20.8	41.5
1889	–	21.8	41.2
1888	–	20.4	41
1887	–	21.6	41.1
1886	–	22.2	41.1
1885	–	23.1	41.2
1884	–	21.8	41.1
1883	–	22.1	41.4
1882	–	24	41.5
1881	–	26.2	41.1
1880	–	25.3	41.6
1879	–	25.7	41.1
1878	–	28	41.6
1877	–	28.5	41.2
1876	–	27.6	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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