Greece vs Lithuania: Neonatal mortality rate

Greece
0.2175 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.1871 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
174th
Lithuania rank
177th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

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How they compare

Greece currently reports 0.2175 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1871 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.0304 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.2 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 174th and Lithuania ranks 177th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Lithuania Difference Ahead
1980s 0.982 deaths per 100 live births 0.6904 deaths per 100 live births 0.2916 deaths per 100 live births Greece
1990s 0.5482 deaths per 100 live births 0.7758 deaths per 100 live births 0.2276 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2000s 0.2785 deaths per 100 live births 0.4026 deaths per 100 live births 0.1241 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2010s 0.2441 deaths per 100 live births 0.2457 deaths per 100 live births 0.0016 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2020s 0.2285 deaths per 100 live births 0.1996 deaths per 100 live births 0.0289 deaths per 100 live births Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Greece or Lithuania?
Greece, at 0.2175 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1871 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Greece and Lithuania?
0.0304 deaths per 100 live births, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Lithuania?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Greece and Lithuania rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
Greece ranks 174th and Lithuania ranks 177th 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

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

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