What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between British Virgin Islands and Peru?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Peru?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

British Virgin Islands vs Peru: Mortality rate, neonatal

British Virgin Islands

6.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Peru

6.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

British Virgin Islands rank

117th

Peru rank

116th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

British Virgin Islands
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 6.5 per 1,000 live births against 6.4 per 1,000 live births in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Peru ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 117th and Peru ranks 116th of 197 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	British Virgin Islands	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	12.9 per 1,000 live births	29 per 1,000 live births	16.1 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1990s	10.49 per 1,000 live births	22.56 per 1,000 live births	12.07 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2000s	8.58 per 1,000 live births	12.79 per 1,000 live births	4.21 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2010s	8.09 per 1,000 live births	8.42 per 1,000 live births	0.33 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2020s	6.86 per 1,000 live births	6.9 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, British Virgin Islands or Peru?: Peru, at 6.5 per 1,000 live births against 6.4 per 1,000 live births in British Virgin Islands as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between British Virgin Islands and Peru?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Peru?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do British Virgin Islands and Peru rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: British Virgin Islands ranks 117th and Peru ranks 116th 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.