Japan vs Singapore: Mortality rate, neonatal
Japan
0.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Singapore
1.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
193rd
Singapore rank
191st
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Japan
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 1.1 per 1,000 live births against 0.9 per 1,000 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Singapore ahead.
Japan ranks 193rd and Singapore ranks 191st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Singapore in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.35 per 1,000 live births | 15.95 per 1,000 live births | 6.6 per 1,000 live births | Singapore |
| 1970s | 6.94 per 1,000 live births | 11.67 per 1,000 live births | 4.73 per 1,000 live births | Singapore |
| 1980s | 3.63 per 1,000 live births | 6.59 per 1,000 live births | 2.96 per 1,000 live births | Singapore |
| 1990s | 2.19 per 1,000 live births | 2.58 per 1,000 live births | 0.39 per 1,000 live births | Singapore |
| 2000s | 1.47 per 1,000 live births | 1.32 per 1,000 live births | 0.15 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.96 per 1,000 live births | 1.08 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | Singapore |
| 2020s | 0.82 per 1,000 live births | 1.04 per 1,000 live births | 0.22 per 1,000 live births | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Japan or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 1.1 per 1,000 live births against 0.9 per 1,000 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Japan and Singapore?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Japan ranks 193rd and Singapore ranks 191st 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, 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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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.