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

0.0079 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 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.

Croatia vs New Zealand: Neonatal mortality rate

Croatia

0.2751 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

0.2672 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia rank

159th

New Zealand rank

162nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Croatia
New Zealand

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.2751 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2672 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0079 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 159th and New Zealand ranks 162nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 4 and New Zealand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.14 deaths per 100 live births	0.4878 deaths per 100 live births	0.6563 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
1990s	0.6784 deaths per 100 live births	0.3754 deaths per 100 live births	0.303 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
2000s	0.4477 deaths per 100 live births	0.321 deaths per 100 live births	0.1267 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
2010s	0.3158 deaths per 100 live births	0.3185 deaths per 100 live births	0.0028 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand
2020s	0.2846 deaths per 100 live births	0.2793 deaths per 100 live births	0.0054 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Croatia or New Zealand?: Croatia, at 0.2751 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2672 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Croatia and New Zealand?: 0.0079 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and New Zealand?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Croatia and New Zealand rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Croatia ranks 159th 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 .