What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Mexico and Paraguay?

0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Paraguay?

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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.

Mexico vs Paraguay: Mortality rate, neonatal

Mexico

8.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Paraguay

8.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mexico rank

99th

Paraguay rank

96th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Mexico
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 8.6 per 1,000 live births against 8.2 per 1,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 99th and Paraguay ranks 96th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	45.27 per 1,000 live births	31.07 per 1,000 live births	14.2 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1970s	37.3 per 1,000 live births	28.89 per 1,000 live births	8.41 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1980s	26.01 per 1,000 live births	24.42 per 1,000 live births	1.59 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1990s	18.72 per 1,000 live births	20.16 per 1,000 live births	1.44 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2000s	10.56 per 1,000 live births	16.05 per 1,000 live births	5.49 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2010s	8.84 per 1,000 live births	11.88 per 1,000 live births	3.04 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2020s	8.8 per 1,000 live births	9.2 per 1,000 live births	0.4 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Mexico or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 8.6 per 1,000 live births against 8.2 per 1,000 live births in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Mexico and Paraguay?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Paraguay?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Paraguay rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Mexico ranks 99th and Paraguay ranks 96th 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.