What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Belarus and Japan?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Japan: Mortality rate, neonatal

Belarus

0.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Japan

0.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belarus rank

195th

Japan rank

192nd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Belarus
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.9 per 1,000 live births against 0.7 per 1,000 live births in Belarus, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Belarus's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 195th and Japan ranks 192nd of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1980s	10.2 per 1,000 live births	2.6 per 1,000 live births	7.6 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1990s	8.96 per 1,000 live births	2.19 per 1,000 live births	6.77 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2000s	3.34 per 1,000 live births	1.47 per 1,000 live births	1.87 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2010s	1.53 per 1,000 live births	0.96 per 1,000 live births	0.57 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2020s	0.84 per 1,000 live births	0.82 per 1,000 live births	0.02 per 1,000 live births	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Belarus or Japan?: Japan, at 0.9 per 1,000 live births against 0.7 per 1,000 live births in Belarus as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Belarus and Japan?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Japan?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Belarus and Japan rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Belarus ranks 195th and Japan ranks 192nd of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (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, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.