What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Belgium and Hungary?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Hungary?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Belgium vs Hungary: Mortality rate, neonatal

Belgium

2.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Hungary

2.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belgium rank

170th

Hungary rank

173rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Belgium
Hungary

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 2.2 per 1,000 live births against 2.1 per 1,000 live births in Hungary, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Hungary ahead.

Belgium ranks 170th and Hungary ranks 173rd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Hungary in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Hungary	Difference	Ahead
1960s	16.96 per 1,000 live births	27.64 per 1,000 live births	10.68 per 1,000 live births	Hungary
1970s	11.37 per 1,000 live births	24.96 per 1,000 live births	13.59 per 1,000 live births	Hungary
1980s	6.03 per 1,000 live births	14.57 per 1,000 live births	8.54 per 1,000 live births	Hungary
1990s	3.86 per 1,000 live births	8.25 per 1,000 live births	4.39 per 1,000 live births	Hungary
2000s	2.67 per 1,000 live births	4.44 per 1,000 live births	1.77 per 1,000 live births	Hungary
2010s	2.3 per 1,000 live births	2.79 per 1,000 live births	0.49 per 1,000 live births	Hungary
2020s	2.22 per 1,000 live births	2.16 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Belgium or Hungary?: Belgium, at 2.2 per 1,000 live births against 2.1 per 1,000 live births in Hungary as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Belgium and Hungary?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Hungary?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Belgium and Hungary rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Belgium ranks 170th and Hungary ranks 173rd 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.