What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Iraq and Trinidad and Tobago?

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Trinidad and Tobago?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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.

Iraq vs Trinidad and Tobago: Neonatal mortality rate

Iraq

1.25 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Trinidad and Tobago

1.26 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Iraq rank

68th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

67th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Iraq
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 1.26 deaths per 100 live births against 1.25 deaths per 100 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 68th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 67th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 4 and Trinidad and Tobago in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.83 deaths per 100 live births	2.33 deaths per 100 live births	0.5048 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
1990s	2.53 deaths per 100 live births	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	0.4472 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2000s	2.22 deaths per 100 live births	1.85 deaths per 100 live births	0.3692 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2010s	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	1.56 deaths per 100 live births	0.1456 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2020s	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	0.0028 deaths per 100 live births	Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Iraq or Trinidad and Tobago?: Trinidad and Tobago, at 1.26 deaths per 100 live births against 1.25 deaths per 100 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Iraq and Trinidad and Tobago?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Trinidad and Tobago?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Iraq ranks 68th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 67th 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 .