Japan - Infant Mortality Rate 1980
7.4
−0.4 from 1979
Japan's infant mortality rate was 7.4 in 1980, decreased +0.4 from 7.8 in 1979. This was the 3rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1980▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 7.2 | -5.3% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 7.2 | -2.7% |
| 3rd | Japan | 7.4 | -5.1% |
| 4th | Iceland | 7.9 | -6.0% |
| 5th | Norway | 8.1 | -3.6% |
| 6th | Denmark | 8.2 | -3.5% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 8.4 | -3.4% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 8.8 | -2.2% |
| 9th | France | 10.1 | -3.8% |
| 10th | Canada | 10.3 | -6.4% |
| 11th | Australia | 10.8 | -4.4% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 11.3 | -3.4% |
| 13th | Ireland | 11.9 | -8.5% |
| 14th | Singapore | 11.9 | -1.7% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 12.1 | -4.7% |
| 16th | Belgium | 12.2 | -3.9% |
| 17th | Spain | 12.4 | -8.1% |
| 18th | Germany | 12.6 | -6.7% |
| 19th | United States | 12.6 | -3.8% |
| 20th | New Zealand | 12.8 | -3.0% |
| 21st | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.0 | -6.5% |
| 22nd | Austria | 13.9 | -4.8% |
| 23rd | Italy | 14.2 | -6.0% |
| 24th | Czechia | 14.6 | -5.8% |
| 25th | Malta | 15.0 | -3.8% |
| 26th | Latvia | 15.3 | 0.7% |
| 27th | Israel | 15.5 | -5.5% |
| 28th | Lithuania | 16.0 | -3.6% |
| 29th | Belarus | 16.7 | -2.3% |
| 30th | Brunei Darussalam | 16.7 | -7.7% |
| 31st | Greece | 17.4 | -6.5% |
| 32nd | Estonia | 17.6 | - |
| 33rd | Cuba | 18.2 | -5.2% |
| 34th | Dominica | 19.2 | -5.0% |
| 35th | Bulgaria | 19.6 | -4.9% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 19.7 | -10.0% |
| 37th | Slovak Republic | 19.7 | -3.9% |
| 38th | Costa Rica | 20.5 | -7.2% |
| 39th | Poland | 21.1 | -2.8% |
| 40th | Hungary | 21.4 | -6.1% |
| 41st | Russian Federation | 21.6 | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Seychelles | 22.1 | -8.7% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 22.7 | -7.7% |
| 44th | Malaysia | 23.0 | -6.5% |
| 45th | Barbados | 23.7 | -5.2% |
| 46th | Tonga | 24.1 | -3.6% |
| 47th | Ukraine | 24.3 | -2.0% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | 24.9 | -1.6% |
| 49th | St. Lucia | 25.2 | -6.0% |
| 50th | United Arab Emirates | 26.2 | -10.0% |
| 51st | Chile | 28.0 | -11.1% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 28.0 | -3.1% |
| 53rd | British Virgin Islands | 28.0 | -2.4% |
| 54th | Korea | 28.2 | -5.4% |
| 55th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.3 | -6.6% |
| 56th | Romania | 28.5 | -3.4% |
| 57th | Bahrain | 28.7 | -6.5% |
| 58th | Qatar | 30.0 | -4.8% |
| 59th | Kuwait | 30.4 | -7.9% |
| 60th | Mauritius | 32.2 | -5.0% |
| 61st | Jamaica | 32.7 | -3.0% |
| 62nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 33.0 | -3.8% |
| 63rd | Sri Lanka | 33.2 | -7.0% |
| 64th | Samoa | 33.2 | -4.3% |
| 65th | Panama | 33.6 | -2.6% |
| 66th | Fiji | 33.8 | -5.1% |
| 67th | Uruguay | 35.5 | -10.1% |
| 68th | Argentina | 36.4 | -8.3% |
| 69th | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.8 | -2.6% |
| 70th | Palau | 39.0 | -4.2% |
| 71st | Solomon Islands | 39.4 | -4.6% |
| 72nd | Moldova | 41.3 | -2.6% |
| 73rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 41.7 | -4.4% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.9 | -8.9% |
| 75th | Colombia | 46.0 | -5.5% |
| 76th | Jordan | 46.3 | -4.1% |
| 77th | Georgia | 47.5 | -3.7% |
| 78th | Viet Nam | 47.9 | -1.6% |
| 79th | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.3 | -4.9% |
| 80th | China | 48.8 | -4.7% |
| 81st | Marshall Islands | 49.0 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 49.6 | -4.4% |
| 83rd | Belize | 50.4 | -3.6% |
| 84th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 50.4 | -1.8% |
| 85th | Vanuatu | 51.6 | -5.5% |
| 86th | Philippines | 52.0 | -0.8% |
| 87th | Paraguay | 52.7 | -2.6% |
| 88th | Tuvalu | 52.8 | -3.8% |
| 89th | Libya | 53.0 | -4.8% |
| 90th | São Tomé and Principe | 53.6 | 0.9% |
| 91st | Lebanon | 53.9 | -2.9% |
| 92nd | Cabo Verde | 55.2 | -1.8% |
| 93rd | Albania | 56.1 | -8.5% |
| 94th | Iraq | 57.3 | -3.4% |
| 95th | Mexico | 58.2 | -4.0% |
| 96th | Guyana | 59.0 | -0.5% |
| 97th | Botswana | 60.3 | -5.0% |
| 98th | Tunisia | 60.6 | -6.0% |
| 99th | Kazakhstan | 61.6 | -2.8% |
| 100th | Congo, Republic of | 63.3 | -1.6% |
| 101st | Dominican Republic | 66.2 | -3.1% |
| 102nd | Kenya | 68.5 | -2.6% |
| 103rd | Armenia | 68.8 | -4.0% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | 69.1 | -5.9% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 70.1 | -4.4% |
| 106th | Namibia | 70.5 | 0.9% |
| 107th | Honduras | 70.6 | -4.3% |
| 108th | Gabon | 71.9 | -2.4% |
| 109th | Zimbabwe | 73.6 | -0.4% |
| 110th | Brazil | 76.5 | -4.1% |
| 111th | Papua New Guinea | 78.9 | -2.6% |
| 112th | Zambia | 82.4 | 1.2% |
| 113th | Nicaragua | 82.8 | -5.5% |
| 114th | Eswatini | 84.3 | -3.8% |
| 115th | Saudi Arabia | 85.4 | -6.7% |
| 116th | Oman | 85.6 | -8.4% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 86.5 | -2.3% |
| 118th | Kyrgyz Republic | 86.6 | -3.3% |
| 119th | South Africa | 87.9 | -5.6% |
| 120th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 88.0 | -7.0% |
| 121st | El Salvador | 88.3 | 4.9% |
| 122nd | Peru | 88.8 | -1.6% |
| 123rd | Guatemala | 89.2 | -3.4% |
| 124th | Sudan | 89.2 | -0.2% |
| 125th | Kiribati | 89.4 | -1.0% |
| 126th | Ghana | 89.6 | -1.2% |
| 127th | Eritrea | 92.3 | -0.6% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 94.1 | -5.9% |
| 129th | Madagascar | 95.2 | 1.8% |
| 130th | Mongolia | 95.4 | - |
| 131st | Tajikistan | 95.6 | -0.5% |
| 132nd | Senegal | 96.7 | -2.5% |
| 133rd | Mauritania | 97.5 | -2.3% |
| 134th | Morocco | 98.9 | -4.1% |
| 135th | Togo | 99.7 | -2.0% |
| 136th | Türkiye | 102.5 | -4.1% |
| 137th | Lesotho | 103.2 | -4.3% |
| 138th | Tanzania | 103.9 | 0.1% |
| 139th | Myanmar | 104.2 | -1.6% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 104.6 | -1.5% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 106.3 | -4.0% |
| 142nd | Nigeria | 106.8 | -2.3% |
| 143rd | Cameroon | 107.1 | -2.2% |
| 144th | Algeria | 107.7 | -7.0% |
| 145th | India | 108.4 | -3.0% |
| 146th | Côte d'Ivoire | 111.6 | -2.8% |
| 147th | Burundi | 112.8 | -3.2% |
| 148th | Central African Republic | 113.5 | -1.0% |
| 149th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 113.7 | -1.3% |
| 150th | Benin | 115.2 | -1.7% |
| 151st | Rwanda | 115.9 | -5.9% |
| 152nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 118.4 | -4.1% |
| 153rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 119.0 | -2.5% |
| 154th | Maldives | 120.8 | -5.3% |
| 155th | Cambodia | 122.1 | -11.2% |
| 156th | Burkina Faso | 123.8 | -2.7% |
| 157th | Gambia, The | 125.2 | -1.7% |
| 158th | Comoros | 126.7 | -2.6% |
| 159th | Uganda | 126.9 | 1.4% |
| 160th | Pakistan | 127.1 | -0.6% |
| 161st | Angola | 127.6 | - |
| 162nd | Haiti | 130.1 | -2.7% |
| 163rd | Chad | 130.1 | -0.8% |
| 164th | Malawi | 131.7 | -2.7% |
| 165th | Bangladesh | 132.7 | -2.3% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | 133.2 | -1.4% |
| 167th | Niger | 140.5 | -1.2% |
| 168th | Bhutan | 141.2 | -3.3% |
| 169th | Sierra Leone | 141.2 | -0.6% |
| 170th | Nepal | 144.0 | -2.7% |
| 171st | Mozambique | 150.8 | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Yemen, Republic of | 150.8 | -5.2% |
| 173rd | Mali | 155.6 | -2.4% |
| 174th | South Sudan | 157.2 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Liberia | 157.4 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Guinea | 160.2 | -1.7% |
| 177th | Afghanistan | 188.8 | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was Japan's infant mortality rate in 1980?▾
Japan's infant mortality rate in 1980 was 7.4. This ranked 3rd globally.
How did Japan's infant mortality rate change in 1980?▾
Japan's infant mortality rate decreased by 5.1% in 1980 compared to 1979.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1980?▾
Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1980 at 188.8.
What is the infant mortality rate of Japan in 1980?▾
The infant mortality rate of Japan in 1980 was 7.4. This ranked 3rd globally.
How does 1980 compare to 1979 for Japan's infant mortality rate?▾
Japan's infant mortality rate went from 7.8 in 1979 to 7.4 in 1980, a 5.1% decrease.
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