What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Armenia and Türkiye?

0.0432 deaths per 100 live births, with Armenia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Türkiye?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Armenia vs Türkiye: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Armenia

0.5063 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Türkiye

0.4631 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Armenia rank

129th

Türkiye rank

132nd

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Armenia
Türkiye

How they compare

Armenia currently reports 0.5063 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4631 deaths per 100 live births in Türkiye, a difference of 0.0432 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Armenia's figure about 1.1 times Türkiye's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Türkiye ahead.

Armenia ranks 129th and Türkiye ranks 132nd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 2 and Türkiye in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Armenia	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2.7 deaths per 100 live births	4.7 deaths per 100 live births	2 deaths per 100 live births	Türkiye
1980s	2.42 deaths per 100 live births	3.91 deaths per 100 live births	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	Türkiye
1990s	2.01 deaths per 100 live births	2.51 deaths per 100 live births	0.5062 deaths per 100 live births	Türkiye
2000s	1.3 deaths per 100 live births	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	0.0308 deaths per 100 live births	Türkiye
2010s	0.7991 deaths per 100 live births	0.6811 deaths per 100 live births	0.118 deaths per 100 live births	Armenia
2020s	0.557 deaths per 100 live births	0.509 deaths per 100 live births	0.048 deaths per 100 live births	Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Armenia or Türkiye?: Armenia, at 0.5063 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4631 deaths per 100 live births in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Armenia and Türkiye?: 0.0432 deaths per 100 live births, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Türkiye?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Armenia and Türkiye rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Armenia ranks 129th and Türkiye ranks 132nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .