Bahrain vs Kuwait: Neonatal mortality rate
Bahrain
0.4445 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait
0.4425 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
135th
Kuwait rank
137th
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 0.4445 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4425 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.002 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 135th and Kuwait ranks 137th of 199 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Kuwait in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4889 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.825 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2202 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 0.3827 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5982 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2155 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.343 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5109 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1679 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.4309 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4698 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0389 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Bahrain or Kuwait?
- Bahrain, at 0.4445 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4425 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 0.002 deaths per 100 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and Kuwait rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Bahrain ranks 135th and Kuwait ranks 137th 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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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .