What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Nauru and Turkey?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Turkey?

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.

Nauru vs Turkey: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Nauru

4.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Turkey

4.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nauru rank

133rd

Turkey rank

132nd

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time

Nauru
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 4.6 per 1,000 live births against 4.5 per 1,000 live births in Nauru, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Nauru ranks 133rd and Turkey ranks 132nd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 4 and Turkey in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nauru	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1980s	33 per 1,000 live births	33.9 per 1,000 live births	0.9 per 1,000 live births	Turkey
1990s	28.16 per 1,000 live births	25.12 per 1,000 live births	3.04 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
2000s	21.38 per 1,000 live births	13.29 per 1,000 live births	8.09 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
2010s	10.52 per 1,000 live births	6.82 per 1,000 live births	3.7 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
2020s	5.14 per 1,000 live births	5.1 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Nauru or Turkey?: Turkey, at 4.6 per 1,000 live births against 4.5 per 1,000 live births in Nauru as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Nauru and Turkey?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Turkey?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Nauru and Turkey rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Nauru ranks 133rd and Turkey 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: 29 October 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.