# Child mortality rate: Japan

0.24% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 102 years from 1920 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/child-mortality) · [All countries and regions](/child-mortality).

## Every year

| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 0.24 |
| 2023 | 0.24 |
| 2022 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 0.25 |
| 2018 | 0.25 |
| 2017 | 0.26 |
| 2016 | 0.27 |
| 2015 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 0.3 |
| 2012 | 0.31 |
| 2011 | 0.33 |
| 2010 | 0.33 |
| 2009 | 0.34 |
| 2008 | 0.34 |
| 2007 | 0.35 |
| 2006 | 0.36 |
| 2005 | 0.37 |
| 2004 | 0.39 |
| 2003 | 0.4 |
| 2002 | 0.41 |
| 2001 | 0.43 |
| 2000 | 0.45 |
| 1999 | 0.47 |
| 1998 | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 0.52 |
| 1996 | 0.55 |
| 1995 | 0.57 |
| 1994 | 0.59 |
| 1993 | 0.6 |
| 1992 | 0.61 |
| 1991 | 0.62 |
| 1990 | 0.63 |
| 1989 | 0.64 |
| 1988 | 0.66 |
| 1987 | 0.68 |
| 1986 | 0.71 |
| 1985 | 0.75 |
| 1984 | 0.79 |
| 1983 | 0.83 |
| 1982 | 0.88 |
| 1981 | 0.93 |
| 1980 | 0.99 |
| 1979 | 1.05 |
| 1978 | 1.11 |
| 1977 | 1.18 |
| 1976 | 1.25 |
| 1975 | 1.33 |
| 1974 | 1.41 |
| 1973 | 1.49 |
| 1972 | 1.57 |
| 1971 | 1.65 |
| 1970 | 1.75 |
| 1969 | 1.85 |
| 1968 | 1.96 |
| 1967 | 2.1 |
| 1966 | 2.26 |
| 1965 | 2.46 |
| 1964 | 2.7 |
| 1963 | 2.97 |
| 1962 | 3.29 |
| 1961 | 3.63 |
| 1960 | 3.98 |
| 1959 | 4.33 |
| 1958 | 4.68 |
| 1957 | 5.03 |
| 1956 | 5.4 |
| 1955 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 6.27 |
| 1953 | 6.83 |
| 1952 | 7.49 |
| 1951 | 8.27 |
| 1950 | 9.15 |
| 1949 | 10.14 |
| 1948 | 9.92 |
| 1947 | 14.76 |
| 1943 | 12.59 |
| 1942 | 12.41 |
| 1941 | 12.06 |
| 1940 | 13.12 |
| 1939 | 16.22 |
| 1938 | 17.72 |
| 1937 | 16.04 |
| 1936 | 18.09 |
| 1935 | 16.22 |
| 1934 | 19.6 |
| 1933 | 19.03 |
| 1932 | 18.28 |
| 1931 | 20.91 |
| 1930 | 19.6 |
| 1929 | 22.78 |
| 1928 | 22.03 |
| 1927 | 22.78 |
| 1926 | 21.85 |
| 1925 | 22.78 |
| 1924 | 25.32 |
| 1923 | 26.52 |
| 1922 | 27 |
| 1921 | 28.6 |
| 1920 | 27 |

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