What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Kuwait and Nauru?

0.0046 deaths per 100 live births, with Nauru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Nauru?

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.

Kuwait vs Nauru: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Kuwait

0.4425 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nauru

0.4471 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Kuwait rank

137th

Nauru rank

134th

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Kuwait
Nauru

How they compare

Nauru currently reports 0.4471 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4425 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0046 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Nauru has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 137th and Nauru ranks 134th of 199 countries.

Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Nauru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.07 deaths per 100 live births	3.3 deaths per 100 live births	2.23 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
1990s	0.825 deaths per 100 live births	2.82 deaths per 100 live births	1.99 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2000s	0.5982 deaths per 100 live births	2.14 deaths per 100 live births	1.54 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2010s	0.5109 deaths per 100 live births	1.05 deaths per 100 live births	0.5404 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2020s	0.4698 deaths per 100 live births	0.5138 deaths per 100 live births	0.044 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Kuwait or Nauru?: Nauru, at 0.4471 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4425 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Kuwait and Nauru?: 0.0046 deaths per 100 live births, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Nauru?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Nauru rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Kuwait ranks 137th and Nauru ranks 134th 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 .