What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kiribati and Turkmenistan?

0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Turkmenistan?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

Kiribati vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, neonatal

Kiribati

21.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Turkmenistan

22.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kiribati rank

35th

Turkmenistan rank

33rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Kiribati
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 22.3 per 1,000 live births against 21.7 per 1,000 live births in Kiribati, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 35th and Turkmenistan ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and Turkmenistan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1980s	35.3 per 1,000 live births	25.4 per 1,000 live births	9.9 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
1990s	30.98 per 1,000 live births	28.26 per 1,000 live births	2.72 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2000s	24.74 per 1,000 live births	26.56 per 1,000 live births	1.82 per 1,000 live births	Turkmenistan
2010s	23.28 per 1,000 live births	23.59 per 1,000 live births	0.31 per 1,000 live births	Turkmenistan
2020s	22.44 per 1,000 live births	23.18 per 1,000 live births	0.74 per 1,000 live births	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kiribati or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 22.3 per 1,000 live births against 21.7 per 1,000 live births in Kiribati as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kiribati and Turkmenistan?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Turkmenistan?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Turkmenistan rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Kiribati ranks 35th and Turkmenistan ranks 33rd 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.