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

0.0038 deaths per 100 live births, with Cyprus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus 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.

Cyprus vs New Zealand: Neonatal mortality rate

Cyprus

0.271 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

0.2672 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cyprus rank

160th

New Zealand rank

162nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Cyprus
New Zealand

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 0.271 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2672 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0038 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 160th and New Zealand ranks 162nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.6144 deaths per 100 live births	0.443 deaths per 100 live births	0.1714 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
1990s	0.5121 deaths per 100 live births	0.3754 deaths per 100 live births	0.1367 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
2000s	0.2736 deaths per 100 live births	0.321 deaths per 100 live births	0.0474 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand
2010s	0.1551 deaths per 100 live births	0.3185 deaths per 100 live births	0.1635 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand
2020s	0.2249 deaths per 100 live births	0.2793 deaths per 100 live births	0.0543 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Cyprus or New Zealand?: Cyprus, at 0.271 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 Cyprus and New Zealand?: 0.0038 deaths per 100 live births, with Cyprus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and New Zealand?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Cyprus and New Zealand rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Cyprus ranks 160th 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 .