Infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births Japan| Statista

In 2023, the infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births in Japan amounted to 1.8. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by 28.6, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births in Japan from 1960 to 2023

Characteristic	Infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births
2023	1.8
2022	1.8
2021	1.8
2020	1.8
2019	1.8
2018	1.9
2017	1.9
2016	2
2015	2
2014	2.1
2013	2.2
2012	2.2
2011	2.3
2010	2.4
2009	2.4
2008	2.5
2007	2.6
2006	2.7
2005	2.7
2004	2.8
2003	2.9
2002	3
2001	3.1
2000	3.3
1999	3.4
1998	3.6
1997	3.8
1996	4
1995	4.1
1994	4.3
1993	4.4
1992	4.4
1991	4.5
1990	4.6
1989	4.7
1988	4.8
1987	5
1986	5.2
1985	5.5
1984	5.8
1983	6.2
1982	6.5
1981	7
1980	7.4
1979	7.8
1978	8.3
1977	8.8
1976	9.4
1975	10
1974	10.6
1973	11.3
1972	11.9
1971	12.6
1970	13.4
1969	14.2
1968	15.1
1967	16.2
1966	17.6
1965	19.1
1964	21
1963	23.1
1962	25.4
1961	27.9
1960	30.4

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April 2025

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1960 to 2023

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