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

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with New Zealand ahead.

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

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 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 New Zealand: Mortality rate, neonatal

Ireland

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

2.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ireland rank

161st

New Zealand rank

158th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Ireland
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Ireland, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 161st and New Zealand ranks 158th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ireland	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	14.2 per 1,000 live births	11 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1970s	11.16 per 1,000 live births	8.98 per 1,000 live births	2.18 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1980s	5.73 per 1,000 live births	5.13 per 1,000 live births	0.6 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1990s	4.3 per 1,000 live births	3.75 per 1,000 live births	0.55 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2000s	3.17 per 1,000 live births	3.21 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand
2010s	2.41 per 1,000 live births	3.18 per 1,000 live births	0.77 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand
2020s	2.46 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	0.34 per 1,000 live births	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Ireland or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Ireland and New Zealand?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and New Zealand?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Ireland and New Zealand rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Ireland ranks 161st and New Zealand ranks 158th 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.