# Under-five mortality rate in Japan

Under-five mortality rate in Japan was 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `jp`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/japan
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=jp

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 2.7 |
| 2015 | 2.8 |
| 2014 | 2.9 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3.1 |
| 2011 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 3.3 |
| 2009 | 3.4 |
| 2008 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 3.5 |
| 2006 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 3.7 |
| 2004 | 3.9 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | 4.5 |
| 1999 | 4.7 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1997 | 5.2 |
| 1996 | 5.5 |
| 1995 | 5.7 |
| 1994 | 5.9 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1992 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | 6.2 |
| 1990 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 6.4 |
| 1988 | 6.6 |
| 1987 | 6.8 |
| 1986 | 7.1 |
| 1985 | 7.5 |
| 1984 | 7.9 |
| 1983 | 8.3 |
| 1982 | 8.8 |
| 1981 | 9.3 |
| 1980 | 9.9 |
| 1979 | 10.5 |
| 1978 | 11.1 |
| 1977 | 11.8 |
| 1976 | 12.5 |
| 1975 | 13.3 |
| 1974 | 14.1 |
| 1973 | 14.9 |
| 1972 | 15.7 |
| 1971 | 16.5 |
| 1970 | 17.5 |
| 1969 | 18.5 |
| 1968 | 19.6 |
| 1967 | 21 |
| 1966 | 22.6 |
| 1965 | 24.6 |
| 1964 | 27 |
| 1963 | 29.7 |
| 1962 | 32.9 |
| 1961 | 36.3 |
| 1960 | 39.8 |