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Japan - Infant Mortality Rate 1991

Name: Japan Infant Mortality Rate 1991
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

4.5 −0.1 from 1990 Global rank: 1st

Japan's infant mortality rate was 4.5 in 1991, decreased +0.1 from 4.6 in 1990. This was the 1st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1991▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1991
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	4.5	-2.2%
2nd	Iceland	4.9	-3.9%
3rd	Finland	5.3	-5.4%
4th	Singapore	5.5	-9.8%
5th	Sweden	5.6	-5.1%
6th	Monaco	6.1	-3.2%
7th	Switzerland	6.4	-3.0%
8th	Norway	6.4	-8.6%
9th	Netherlands	6.5	-4.4%
10th	Canada	6.6	-2.9%
11th	Germany	6.6	-5.7%
12th	Denmark	6.9	-5.5%
13th	Luxembourg	6.9	-5.5%
14th	Australia	7.1	-6.6%
15th	Spain	7.1	-4.1%
16th	France	7.1	-4.1%
17th	Ireland	7.2	-5.3%
18th	United Kingdom	7.3	-7.6%
19th	Austria	7.5	-6.3%
20th	Belgium	8.0	-3.6%
21st	Italy	8.1	-3.6%
22nd	Slovenia	8.2	-6.8%
23rd	New Zealand	8.6	-5.5%
24th	Greece	8.7	-5.4%
25th	Andorra	8.8	-3.3%
26th	United States	9.1	-3.2%
27th	Israel	9.2	-4.2%
28th	Malta	9.6	-4.0%
29th	European Union	9.7	-4.3%
30th	Cyprus	9.7	-2.0%
31st	Czechia	9.9	-3.9%
32nd	Brunei Darussalam	10.2	-1.0%
33rd	San Marino	10.2	-8.1%
34th	Cuba	10.3	-4.6%
35th	Portugal	10.6	-7.8%
36th	United Arab Emirates	11.2	-5.1%
37th	Croatia	11.2	0.0%
38th	Korea	11.2	-7.4%
39th	Antigua and Barbuda	11.4	2.7%
40th	Belarus	12.1	0.0%
41st	Malaysia	12.1	-4.7%
42nd	Slovak Republic	12.2	-3.2%
43rd	Seychelles	12.8	-2.3%
44th	Lithuania	13.2	10.0%
45th	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.5	-6.3%
46th	Costa Rica	13.8	-4.2%
47th	Kuwait	13.8	-4.8%
48th	Estonia	13.9	-0.7%
49th	Montenegro	14.2	-4.1%
50th	Latvia	14.3	8.3%
51st	Hungary	14.6	-3.9%
52nd	Chile	14.8	-7.5%
53rd	Poland	14.8	-2.6%
54th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.9	-7.5%
55th	Dominica	14.9	0.0%
56th	Bulgaria	15.0	2.7%
57th	Barbados	15.5	-4.3%
58th	Qatar	16.3	-6.3%
59th	St. Lucia	17.0	-1.7%
60th	Russian Federation	17.4	-0.6%
61st	Tonga	17.4	-3.3%
62nd	Grenada	17.7	-3.8%
63rd	Sri Lanka	18.0	0.6%
64th	Ukraine	18.3	0.0%
65th	British Virgin Islands	18.3	-4.2%
66th	Bahamas, The	18.7	-5.1%
67th	Mauritius	18.9	-5.0%
68th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.2	-2.5%
69th	Bahrain	19.7	-1.5%
70th	Uruguay	20.4	-1.9%
71st	Fiji	20.5	-4.2%
72nd	Samoa	22.1	-3.1%
73rd	Serbia	22.6	-8.1%
74th	Panama	23.4	-2.1%
75th	Romania	23.4	-4.9%
76th	Argentina	24.5	-1.2%
77th	Jamaica	24.5	-2.4%
78th	St. Kitts and Nevis	24.7	-2.4%
79th	Albania	26.0	-4.4%
80th	Lebanon	26.8	-4.6%
81st	Vanuatu	26.9	-4.3%
82nd	Solomon Islands	27.8	-2.5%
83rd	Oman	28.4	-9.3%
84th	Colombia	28.7	-3.0%
85th	Belize	29.1	-5.8%
86th	Trinidad and Tobago	29.1	-1.7%
87th	Palau	29.3	-1.7%
88th	Thailand	29.4	-5.5%
89th	Moldova	29.5	1.4%
90th	Jordan	29.9	-3.2%
91st	Libya	30.0	-5.1%
92nd	Syrian Arab Republic	30.5	-3.5%
93rd	North Macedonia	31.2	-6.3%
94th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	32.7	2.2%
95th	Viet Nam	35.5	-4.6%
96th	Marshall Islands	35.7	-3.5%
97th	Mexico	36.1	-4.5%
98th	Tunisia	36.1	-3.2%
99th	Paraguay	36.4	-3.4%
100th	Suriname	36.4	-2.7%
101st	Philippines	36.5	-5.4%
102nd	West Bank and Gaza	37.2	-4.6%
103rd	Saudi Arabia	37.5	-7.4%
104th	Georgia	38.0	-0.5%
105th	Botswana	39.3	1.0%
106th	Algeria	39.6	-0.5%
107th	Ecuador	40.6	-4.7%
108th	Micronesia, Federated States of	40.8	-2.4%
109th	Cabo Verde	41.3	-1.9%
110th	Honduras	42.5	-4.5%
111th	China	42.9	-0.9%
112th	Armenia	43.5	-4.4%
113th	Tuvalu	44.1	-1.1%
114th	Kazakhstan	44.2	-0.7%
115th	El Salvador	44.7	-5.1%
116th	Dominican Republic	46.3	-3.5%
117th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	46.4	-4.5%
118th	Iraq	48.7	-11.1%
119th	Brazil	49.8	-4.2%
120th	Nicaragua	50.5	-4.5%
121st	South Africa	50.9	-3.6%
122nd	Guyana	51.4	-2.3%
123rd	Zimbabwe	52.9	0.2%
124th	Namibia	54.7	-2.5%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	56.2	-0.7%
126th	Eswatini	56.3	-0.5%
127th	Nauru	56.5	-4.6%
128th	Peru	57.0	-4.5%
129th	Türkiye	57.3	-5.8%
130th	Guatemala	58.0	-4.1%
131st	Gabon	58.1	-1.4%
132nd	Congo, Republic of	58.4	2.1%
133rd	Uzbekistan	60.5	0.2%
134th	Indonesia	61.7	-4.0%
135th	Morocco	62.8	-3.5%
136th	Papua New Guinea	64.1	-1.5%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	64.5	-4.2%
138th	São Tomé and Principe	65.6	0.9%
139th	Kiribati	65.9	-4.1%
140th	Turkmenistan	67.8	-1.3%
141st	Maldives	68.0	-5.3%
142nd	Kenya	69.1	2.5%
143rd	Ghana	70.8	-2.5%
144th	Mongolia	71.2	-3.1%
145th	Mauritania	72.4	-0.4%
146th	Senegal	72.5	-0.5%
147th	Lesotho	73.9	-0.8%
148th	Azerbaijan	75.9	0.5%
149th	Eritrea	77.4	-3.6%
150th	Tajikistan	78.3	3.0%
151st	Cameroon	81.6	1.0%
152nd	India	82.4	-2.3%
153rd	Sudan	83.4	-1.2%
154th	Togo	84.3	-1.1%
155th	Kosovo	84.9	-6.2%
156th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	87.0	-3.3%
157th	Djibouti	87.2	-1.1%
158th	Madagascar	88.5	-2.9%
159th	Myanmar	89.0	-1.8%
160th	Cambodia	89.1	0.8%
161st	Comoros	90.2	-3.5%
162nd	Rwanda	91.6	6.0%
163rd	Bhutan	92.0	-4.0%
164th	Bangladesh	92.5	-3.8%
165th	Burundi	93.9	1.4%
166th	Yemen, Republic of	94.3	-2.4%
167th	Haiti	95.2	-2.9%
168th	Benin	96.0	-1.9%
169th	Gambia, The	96.5	-2.6%
170th	Nepal	96.6	-4.5%
171st	Côte d'Ivoire	100.5	-0.1%
172nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	101.4	-1.0%
173rd	Zambia	102.2	0.6%
174th	Burkina Faso	102.5	-0.4%
175th	Tanzania	104.6	-0.8%
176th	Uganda	105.1	-2.0%
177th	Nigeria	105.7	0.2%
178th	Central African Republic	108.5	-0.5%
179th	Lao PDR	110.7	-2.4%
180th	Pakistan	110.8	-1.7%
181st	Chad	114.7	-1.3%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	118.1	-0.3%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	121.4	-1.5%
184th	Mali	122.2	-1.6%
185th	Angola	122.5	0.2%
186th	Malawi	129.5	-2.7%
187th	Guinea	130.4	-2.5%
188th	Sierra Leone	135.2	-0.2%
189th	Afghanistan	140.1	-3.0%
190th	Niger	144.6	-1.4%
191st	Mozambique	145.6	-0.7%
192nd	South Sudan	156.0	-0.9%
193rd	Timor-Leste	160.4	-2.4%
194th	Liberia	170.9	0.8%
195th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	264.9	148.0%

FAQ

What was Japan's infant mortality rate in 1991?▾

Japan's infant mortality rate in 1991 was 4.5. This ranked 1st globally.

How did Japan's infant mortality rate change in 1991?▾

Japan's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.2% in 1991 compared to 1990.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1991?▾

Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest infant mortality rate in 1991 at 264.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Japan in 1991?▾

The infant mortality rate of Japan in 1991 was 4.5. This ranked 1st globally.

How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Japan's infant mortality rate?▾

Japan's infant mortality rate went from 4.6 in 1990 to 4.5 in 1991, a 2.2% decrease.

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