Japan vs South Korea: Number of child deaths per woman
Japan
0.0038 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
South Korea
0.004 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Japan rank
195th
South Korea rank
192nd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Japan
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 0.004 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman in Japan, a difference of 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.
Japan ranks 195th and South Korea ranks 192nd of 200 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1714 under-five deaths per woman | 1.26 under-five deaths per woman | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 1960s | 0.0549 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4675 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4126 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 1970s | 0.0274 under-five deaths per woman | 0.175 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1477 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 1980s | 0.0134 under-five deaths per woman | 0.055 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0415 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 1990s | 0.0082 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0182 under-five deaths per woman | 0.01 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 2000s | 0.0051 under-five deaths per woman | 0.007 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 2010s | 0.004 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0041 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
| 2020s | 0.0035 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0035 under-five deaths per woman | 0 under-five deaths per woman | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Japan or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 0.004 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Japan and South Korea?
- 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South Korea?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South Korea rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Japan ranks 195th and South Korea ranks 192nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).