What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between India and Rwanda?

0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Rwanda?

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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.

India vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, neonatal

India

16.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda

17.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India rank

54th

Rwanda rank

53rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

India
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 17.4 per 1,000 live births against 16.7 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was India ahead.

India ranks 54th and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 196 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	85.3 per 1,000 live births	60.1 per 1,000 live births	25.2 per 1,000 live births	India
1970s	80.2 per 1,000 live births	61.49 per 1,000 live births	18.71 per 1,000 live births	India
1980s	65.11 per 1,000 live births	48.23 per 1,000 live births	16.88 per 1,000 live births	India
1990s	51.06 per 1,000 live births	46.77 per 1,000 live births	4.29 per 1,000 live births	India
2000s	38.13 per 1,000 live births	32.32 per 1,000 live births	5.81 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	26.67 per 1,000 live births	20.48 per 1,000 live births	6.19 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	18.56 per 1,000 live births	17.9 per 1,000 live births	0.66 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, India or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 17.4 per 1,000 live births against 16.7 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between India and Rwanda?: 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Rwanda?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do India and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: India ranks 54th and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 196 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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.