What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kuwait and Türkiye?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Türkiye ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Türkiye?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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.

Kuwait vs Türkiye: Mortality rate, neonatal

Kuwait

4.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Türkiye

4.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kuwait rank

135th

Türkiye rank

132nd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Kuwait
Türkiye

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 4.6 per 1,000 live births against 4.4 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Türkiye has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 135th and Türkiye ranks 132nd of 197 countries.

Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1980s	11.64 per 1,000 live births	36.38 per 1,000 live births	24.74 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
1990s	8.24 per 1,000 live births	25.12 per 1,000 live births	16.88 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
2000s	5.98 per 1,000 live births	13.29 per 1,000 live births	7.31 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
2010s	5.11 per 1,000 live births	6.82 per 1,000 live births	1.71 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
2020s	4.68 per 1,000 live births	5.1 per 1,000 live births	0.42 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kuwait or Türkiye?: Türkiye, at 4.6 per 1,000 live births against 4.4 per 1,000 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kuwait and Türkiye?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Türkiye?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Türkiye rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Kuwait ranks 135th and Türkiye ranks 132nd 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.