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Japan
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#193out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

30.423.316.19.01.8196019922024Japan · 2024: 1.80Japan

Analytical takeaways

  • Japan records 1.80 for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #193 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) declined from 30.40 in 1960 to 1.80 in 2024, a decrease of 28.60.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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