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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta 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.

Malta vs Qatar: Mortality rate, neonatal

Malta

3.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Qatar

3.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malta rank

147th

Qatar rank

144th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Malta
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.6 per 1,000 live births in Malta, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Qatar ahead.

Malta ranks 147th and Qatar ranks 144th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1980s	7.9 per 1,000 live births	12.2 per 1,000 live births	4.3 per 1,000 live births	Qatar
1990s	6.44 per 1,000 live births	8.9 per 1,000 live births	2.46 per 1,000 live births	Qatar
2000s	4.71 per 1,000 live births	5.62 per 1,000 live births	0.91 per 1,000 live births	Qatar
2010s	4.42 per 1,000 live births	4 per 1,000 live births	0.42 per 1,000 live births	Malta
2020s	3.8 per 1,000 live births	3.84 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Malta or Qatar?: Qatar, at 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.6 per 1,000 live births in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Malta and Qatar?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Qatar?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Malta and Qatar rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Malta ranks 147th 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.