What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Egypt and Laos?

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Laos?

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 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.

Egypt vs Laos: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Egypt

13.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos

13.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Egypt rank

63rd

Laos rank

66th

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time

Egypt
Laos

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 13.9 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Laos ahead.

Egypt ranks 63rd and Laos ranks 66th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Laos in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1980s	41.91 per 1,000 live births	51.62 per 1,000 live births	9.71 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	27.92 per 1,000 live births	41.77 per 1,000 live births	13.85 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2000s	20.17 per 1,000 live births	30.36 per 1,000 live births	10.19 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2010s	15.62 per 1,000 live births	19.64 per 1,000 live births	4.02 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	14.54 per 1,000 live births	14.28 per 1,000 live births	0.26 per 1,000 live births	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Egypt or Laos?: Egypt, at 13.9 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Egypt and Laos?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Laos?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Egypt ranks 63rd and Laos ranks 66th 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: 29 October 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.