Kiribati vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, neonatal
Kiribati
21.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
6.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kiribati rank
35th
Upper middle income rank
36th
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Kiribati
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 21.7 per 1,000 live births against 6.8 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 14.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.
Kiribati ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.98 per 1,000 live births | 23.78 per 1,000 live births | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 24.74 per 1,000 live births | 15.02 per 1,000 live births | 9.72 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 23.28 per 1,000 live births | 8.72 per 1,000 live births | 14.56 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 22.44 per 1,000 live births | 7.18 per 1,000 live births | 15.26 per 1,000 live births | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kiribati or Upper middle income?
- Kiribati, at 21.7 per 1,000 live births against 6.8 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kiribati and Upper middle income?
- 14.9 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kiribati and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Kiribati ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 36th 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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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.