What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bahrain and Malaysia?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

Bahrain vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Bahrain

4.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malaysia

4.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Bahrain rank

134th

Malaysia rank

137th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Bahrain
Malaysia

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 4.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 4 and Malaysia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	24.6 per 1,000 live births	14.76 per 1,000 live births	9.84 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain
1980s	17.4 per 1,000 live births	9.76 per 1,000 live births	7.64 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain
1990s	10.44 per 1,000 live births	6.45 per 1,000 live births	3.99 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain
2000s	3.84 per 1,000 live births	4.41 per 1,000 live births	0.57 per 1,000 live births	Malaysia
2010s	3.43 per 1,000 live births	4.21 per 1,000 live births	0.78 per 1,000 live births	Malaysia
2020s	4.28 per 1,000 live births	4.26 per 1,000 live births	0.02 per 1,000 live births	Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Bahrain or Malaysia?: Bahrain, at 4.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Bahrain and Malaysia?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Bahrain ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 137th 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.