Japan vs Sweden: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Japan
0.2%
in 2023
Sweden
0.2%
in 2023
Japan rank
226th
Sweden rank
223rd
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 226th and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6.5% | 2.0% | 4.5% | Japan |
| 1950s | 4.0% | 1.6% | 2.4% | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.7% | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Japan or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Japan and Sweden?
- 0.0%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Japan ranks 226th and Sweden ranks 223rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.