What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Azerbaijan and Iraq?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Iraq?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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.

Azerbaijan vs Iraq: Mortality rate, neonatal

Azerbaijan

12.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iraq

12.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Azerbaijan rank

70th

Iraq rank

68th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Azerbaijan
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 12.5 per 1,000 live births against 12.4 per 1,000 live births in Azerbaijan, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Iraq ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 70th and Iraq ranks 68th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1980s	28.33 per 1,000 live births	28.31 per 1,000 live births	0.0143 per 1,000 live births	Azerbaijan
1990s	34.62 per 1,000 live births	25.25 per 1,000 live births	9.37 per 1,000 live births	Azerbaijan
2000s	28.2 per 1,000 live births	22.23 per 1,000 live births	5.97 per 1,000 live births	Azerbaijan
2010s	16.92 per 1,000 live births	17.05 per 1,000 live births	0.13 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2020s	13.26 per 1,000 live births	13.32 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Azerbaijan or Iraq?: Iraq, at 12.5 per 1,000 live births against 12.4 per 1,000 live births in Azerbaijan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Azerbaijan and Iraq?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Iraq?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Azerbaijan and Iraq rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Azerbaijan ranks 70th and Iraq ranks 68th 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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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: 244 places, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 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.