What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cyprus and Ireland?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Ireland?

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.

Cyprus vs Ireland: Mortality rate, neonatal

Cyprus

2.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ireland

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cyprus rank

158th

Ireland rank

161st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Cyprus
Ireland

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Ireland, 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 Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 158th and Ireland ranks 161st of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Ireland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1980s	6.1 per 1,000 live births	4.8 per 1,000 live births	1.3 per 1,000 live births	Cyprus
1990s	5.12 per 1,000 live births	4.3 per 1,000 live births	0.82 per 1,000 live births	Cyprus
2000s	2.74 per 1,000 live births	3.17 per 1,000 live births	0.43 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2010s	1.53 per 1,000 live births	2.41 per 1,000 live births	0.88 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2020s	2.24 per 1,000 live births	2.46 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

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