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

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Viet Nam ahead.

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

51 years are reported by both, from 1974 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.

Paraguay vs Viet Nam: Mortality rate, neonatal

Paraguay

8.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Viet Nam

8.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Paraguay rank

96th

Viet Nam rank

94th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Paraguay
Viet Nam

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 8.8 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Paraguay, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Viet Nam ahead.

Paraguay ranks 96th and Viet Nam ranks 94th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 2 and Viet Nam in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1970s	28.03 per 1,000 live births	28.15 per 1,000 live births	0.1167 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1980s	24.42 per 1,000 live births	25.46 per 1,000 live births	1.04 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
1990s	20.16 per 1,000 live births	20.17 per 1,000 live births	0.01 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam
2000s	16.05 per 1,000 live births	13.21 per 1,000 live births	2.84 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2010s	11.88 per 1,000 live births	11.1 per 1,000 live births	0.78 per 1,000 live births	Paraguay
2020s	9.2 per 1,000 live births	9.4 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Paraguay or Viet Nam?: Viet Nam, at 8.8 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Paraguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Paraguay and Viet Nam?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Viet Nam?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Paraguay and Viet Nam rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Paraguay ranks 96th and Viet Nam ranks 94th 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.