India vs Rwanda: Neonatal mortality rate
India
1.67 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
1.74 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India rank
54th
Rwanda rank
53rd
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- India
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 1.74 deaths per 100 live births against 1.67 deaths per 100 live births in India, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was India ahead.
India ranks 54th and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 199 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.53 deaths per 100 live births | 6.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1970s | 8.02 deaths per 100 live births | 6.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1980s | 6.51 deaths per 100 live births | 4.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1990s | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | 4.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4284 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2000s | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 3.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5813 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2010s | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6195 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2020s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0657 deaths per 100 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, India or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 1.74 deaths per 100 live births against 1.67 deaths per 100 live births in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between India and Rwanda?
- 0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Rwanda?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do India and Rwanda rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- India ranks 54th and Rwanda ranks 53rd 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
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .