Japan vs Luxembourg: Mortality rate, infant
Japan
1.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Luxembourg
1.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
193rd
Luxembourg rank
190th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Luxembourg currently reports 1.9 per 1,000 live births against 1.8 per 1,000 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Japan ranks 193rd and Luxembourg ranks 190th of 197 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.99 per 1,000 live births | 25.52 per 1,000 live births | 4.53 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 10.41 per 1,000 live births | 14.88 per 1,000 live births | 4.47 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 5.81 per 1,000 live births | 9.55 per 1,000 live births | 3.74 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 4.11 per 1,000 live births | 5.61 per 1,000 live births | 1.5 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 2.81 per 1,000 live births | 3.06 per 1,000 live births | 0.25 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 2.08 per 1,000 live births | 2.17 per 1,000 live births | 0.09 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 1.96 per 1,000 live births | 0.16 per 1,000 live births | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Japan or Luxembourg?
- Luxembourg, at 1.9 per 1,000 live births against 1.8 per 1,000 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Luxembourg ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Japan ranks 193rd and Luxembourg ranks 190th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.