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

0.0064 deaths per 100 live births, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Switzerland?

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 Switzerland: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Cyprus

0.271 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Switzerland

0.2774 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cyprus rank

160th

Switzerland rank

158th

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Cyprus
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.2774 deaths per 100 live births against 0.271 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus, a difference of 0.0064 deaths per 100 live births.

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

Cyprus ranks 160th and Switzerland ranks 158th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.6144 deaths per 100 live births	0.4037 deaths per 100 live births	0.2107 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
1990s	0.5121 deaths per 100 live births	0.3554 deaths per 100 live births	0.1567 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
2000s	0.2736 deaths per 100 live births	0.3321 deaths per 100 live births	0.0585 deaths per 100 live births	Switzerland
2010s	0.1551 deaths per 100 live births	0.2984 deaths per 100 live births	0.1433 deaths per 100 live births	Switzerland
2020s	0.2249 deaths per 100 live births	0.2809 deaths per 100 live births	0.056 deaths per 100 live births	Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Cyprus or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 0.2774 deaths per 100 live births against 0.271 deaths per 100 live births in Cyprus as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Cyprus and Switzerland?: 0.0064 deaths per 100 live births, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Switzerland?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Cyprus and Switzerland rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Cyprus ranks 160th and Switzerland ranks 158th 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 .