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

0 per 1,000 live births, with Denmark ahead.

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

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.

Denmark vs New Zealand: Mortality rate, neonatal

Denmark

2.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

2.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Denmark rank

158th

New Zealand rank

158th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Denmark
New Zealand

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.7 per 1,000 live births in New Zealand, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 158th and New Zealand ranks 158th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	11.9 per 1,000 live births	11 per 1,000 live births	0.9 per 1,000 live births	Denmark
1970s	8.05 per 1,000 live births	8.98 per 1,000 live births	0.93 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand
1980s	4.85 per 1,000 live births	5.13 per 1,000 live births	0.28 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand
1990s	3.94 per 1,000 live births	3.75 per 1,000 live births	0.19 per 1,000 live births	Denmark
2000s	3.11 per 1,000 live births	3.21 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand
2010s	2.8 per 1,000 live births	3.18 per 1,000 live births	0.38 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand
2020s	2.56 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	0.24 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Denmark or New Zealand?: Denmark, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.7 per 1,000 live births in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Denmark and New Zealand?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and New Zealand?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Denmark and New Zealand rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Denmark ranks 158th 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.