Estonia vs Japan: Number of child deaths per woman

Estonia
0.0035 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Japan
0.0038 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Estonia rank
197th
Japan rank
195th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Estonia
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0035 under-five deaths per woman in Estonia, a difference of 0.0003 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Estonia ranks 197th and Japan ranks 195th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).