What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between China and New Zealand?

0.0078 deaths per 100 live births, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and New Zealand?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

China vs New Zealand: Neonatal mortality rate

China

0.2594 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

0.2672 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

China rank

164th

New Zealand rank

162nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

China
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.2672 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2594 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0078 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was China ahead.

China ranks 164th and New Zealand ranks 162nd of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.97 deaths per 100 live births	0.443 deaths per 100 live births	2.52 deaths per 100 live births	China
1990s	2.67 deaths per 100 live births	0.3754 deaths per 100 live births	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	China
2000s	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	0.321 deaths per 100 live births	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	China
2010s	0.5761 deaths per 100 live births	0.3185 deaths per 100 live births	0.2576 deaths per 100 live births	China
2020s	0.301 deaths per 100 live births	0.2793 deaths per 100 live births	0.0218 deaths per 100 live births	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, China or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 0.2672 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2594 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between China and New Zealand?: 0.0078 deaths per 100 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and New Zealand?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do China and New Zealand rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: China ranks 164th and New Zealand ranks 162nd 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: 28 August 2026

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