What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Ireland and Netherlands?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Netherlands?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Ireland vs Netherlands: Mortality rate, neonatal

Ireland

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Netherlands

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ireland rank

161st

Netherlands rank

161st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Ireland
Netherlands

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 161st and Netherlands ranks 161st of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ireland	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	17.39 per 1,000 live births	11.58 per 1,000 live births	5.81 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1970s	11.16 per 1,000 live births	7.81 per 1,000 live births	3.35 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1980s	5.73 per 1,000 live births	5.06 per 1,000 live births	0.67 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1990s	4.3 per 1,000 live births	4.04 per 1,000 live births	0.26 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2000s	3.17 per 1,000 live births	3.41 per 1,000 live births	0.24 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands
2010s	2.41 per 1,000 live births	2.67 per 1,000 live births	0.26 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands
2020s	2.46 per 1,000 live births	2.6 per 1,000 live births	0.14 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Ireland or Netherlands?: Ireland, at 2.6 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Netherlands as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Ireland and Netherlands?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Netherlands?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ireland and Netherlands rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Ireland ranks 161st and Netherlands ranks 161st 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.