What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Japan and Montenegro?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Montenegro ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Montenegro?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

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.

Japan vs Montenegro: Mortality rate, infant

Japan

1.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Montenegro

1.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Japan rank

193rd

Montenegro rank

190th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Japan
Montenegro

How they compare

Montenegro 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 Montenegro's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Montenegro has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 193rd and Montenegro ranks 190th of 197 countries.

Montenegro has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Montenegro	Difference	Ahead
1980s	5.17 per 1,000 live births	19.73 per 1,000 live births	14.57 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
1990s	4.11 per 1,000 live births	13.66 per 1,000 live births	9.55 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
2000s	2.81 per 1,000 live births	9.65 per 1,000 live births	6.84 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
2010s	2.08 per 1,000 live births	3.9 per 1,000 live births	1.82 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
2020s	1.8 per 1,000 live births	2.14 per 1,000 live births	0.34 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Japan or Montenegro?: Montenegro, 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 Montenegro?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Montenegro ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Montenegro?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Japan and Montenegro rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Japan ranks 193rd and Montenegro 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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