What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between China and New Zealand?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and New Zealand?

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.

China vs New Zealand: Mortality rate, neonatal

China

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

2.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

China rank

161st

New Zealand rank

158th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

China
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in China, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was China ahead.

China ranks 161st and New Zealand ranks 158th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1980s	29.7 per 1,000 live births	4.4 per 1,000 live births	25.3 per 1,000 live births	China
1990s	26.72 per 1,000 live births	3.75 per 1,000 live births	22.97 per 1,000 live births	China
2000s	14.89 per 1,000 live births	3.21 per 1,000 live births	11.68 per 1,000 live births	China
2010s	5.78 per 1,000 live births	3.18 per 1,000 live births	2.6 per 1,000 live births	China
2020s	3.02 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, China or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between China and New Zealand?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and New Zealand?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do China and New Zealand rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: China ranks 161st and New Zealand ranks 158th 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.