What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Barbados and Brazil?

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brazil?

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 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.

Barbados vs Brazil: Mortality rate, neonatal

Barbados

6.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Brazil

7.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Barbados rank

113th

Brazil rank

110th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Barbados
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 7.1 per 1,000 live births against 6.6 per 1,000 live births in Barbados, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.

Across all 57 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 113th and Brazil ranks 110th of 197 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Brazil	Difference	Ahead
1960s	30.4 per 1,000 live births	47.85 per 1,000 live births	17.45 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1970s	23.27 per 1,000 live births	41.81 per 1,000 live births	18.54 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1980s	14.86 per 1,000 live births	30.38 per 1,000 live births	15.52 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1990s	9.89 per 1,000 live births	21.67 per 1,000 live births	11.78 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2000s	9.54 per 1,000 live births	14.48 per 1,000 live births	4.94 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2010s	8.78 per 1,000 live births	9.89 per 1,000 live births	1.11 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2020s	7.06 per 1,000 live births	8.22 per 1,000 live births	1.16 per 1,000 live births	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Barbados or Brazil?: Brazil, at 7.1 per 1,000 live births against 6.6 per 1,000 live births in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Barbados and Brazil?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Brazil?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Brazil rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Barbados ranks 113th and Brazil ranks 110th 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.