What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean?

14.3 per 1,000 live births, with Haiti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Haiti vs Latin America & Caribbean: Mortality rate, neonatal

Haiti

22.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Latin America & Caribbean

8.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Haiti rank

31st

Latin America & Caribbean rank

32nd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Haiti
Latin America & Caribbean

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 22.6 per 1,000 live births against 8.3 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 14.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Haiti's figure about 2.7 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.

Haiti ranks 31st and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd of 197 countries.

Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	Difference	Ahead
1990s	33.75 per 1,000 live births	19.44 per 1,000 live births	14.31 per 1,000 live births	Haiti
2000s	28.95 per 1,000 live births	13.2 per 1,000 live births	15.75 per 1,000 live births	Haiti
2010s	26.84 per 1,000 live births	10.18 per 1,000 live births	16.66 per 1,000 live births	Haiti
2020s	23.56 per 1,000 live births	8.98 per 1,000 live births	14.58 per 1,000 live births	Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Haiti or Latin America & Caribbean?: Haiti, at 22.6 per 1,000 live births against 8.3 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean?: 14.3 per 1,000 live births, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Haiti and Latin America & Caribbean rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Haiti ranks 31st and Latin America & Caribbean ranks 32nd 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.