El Salvador vs Kuwait: Mortality rate, neonatal

El Salvador
4.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kuwait
4.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
El Salvador rank
138th
Kuwait rank
135th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kuwait
510152025198520042024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 4.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 138th and Kuwait ranks 135th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kuwait Difference Ahead
1980s 24.54 per 1,000 live births 11.64 per 1,000 live births 12.9 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
1990s 19.1 per 1,000 live births 8.24 per 1,000 live births 10.86 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
2000s 11.3 per 1,000 live births 5.98 per 1,000 live births 5.32 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
2010s 6.66 per 1,000 live births 5.11 per 1,000 live births 1.55 per 1,000 live births El Salvador
2020s 4.7 per 1,000 live births 4.68 per 1,000 live births 0.02 per 1,000 live births El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, El Salvador or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 4.4 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between El Salvador and Kuwait?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
El Salvador ranks 138th and Kuwait ranks 135th 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

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.