What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Maldives and Qatar?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Qatar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Qatar?

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.

Maldives vs Qatar: Mortality rate, neonatal

Maldives

3.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Qatar

3.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Maldives rank

145th

Qatar rank

144th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Maldives
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.7 per 1,000 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 145th and Qatar ranks 144th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1980s	44.8 per 1,000 live births	12.2 per 1,000 live births	32.6 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
1990s	34 per 1,000 live births	8.9 per 1,000 live births	25.1 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
2000s	13.84 per 1,000 live births	5.62 per 1,000 live births	8.22 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
2010s	6.07 per 1,000 live births	4 per 1,000 live births	2.07 per 1,000 live births	Maldives
2020s	4.16 per 1,000 live births	3.84 per 1,000 live births	0.32 per 1,000 live births	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Maldives or Qatar?: Qatar, at 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.7 per 1,000 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Maldives and Qatar?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Qatar?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Qatar rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Maldives ranks 145th and Qatar ranks 144th of 196 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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.