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

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

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

39 years are reported by both, from 1986 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 Seychelles: Mortality rate, neonatal

Mexico

8.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Seychelles

8.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mexico rank

99th

Seychelles rank

98th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Mexico
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 8.3 per 1,000 live births against 8.2 per 1,000 live births in Mexico, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 99th and Seychelles ranks 98th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
1980s	23.6 per 1,000 live births	12.22 per 1,000 live births	11.38 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1990s	18.72 per 1,000 live births	9.52 per 1,000 live births	9.2 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2000s	10.56 per 1,000 live births	8.7 per 1,000 live births	1.86 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2010s	8.84 per 1,000 live births	8.83 per 1,000 live births	0.01 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2020s	8.8 per 1,000 live births	8.64 per 1,000 live births	0.16 per 1,000 live births	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Mexico or Seychelles?: Seychelles, at 8.3 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 Seychelles?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Seychelles?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Seychelles rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Mexico ranks 99th and Seychelles ranks 98th 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.