What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Kyrgyzstan and Palau?

0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Palau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Palau?

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.

Kyrgyzstan vs Palau: Neonatal mortality rate

Kyrgyzstan

1.08 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Palau

1.12 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Kyrgyzstan rank

79th

Palau rank

77th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Kyrgyzstan
Palau

How they compare

Palau currently reports 1.12 deaths per 100 live births against 1.08 deaths per 100 live births in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.

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

Kyrgyzstan ranks 79th and Palau ranks 77th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 4 and Palau in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Palau	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.4 deaths per 100 live births	1.94 deaths per 100 live births	0.4611 deaths per 100 live births	Kyrgyzstan
1990s	2.43 deaths per 100 live births	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	0.7183 deaths per 100 live births	Kyrgyzstan
2000s	1.91 deaths per 100 live births	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	0.6907 deaths per 100 live births	Kyrgyzstan
2010s	1.39 deaths per 100 live births	1.12 deaths per 100 live births	0.272 deaths per 100 live births	Kyrgyzstan
2020s	1.11 deaths per 100 live births	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	0.0662 deaths per 100 live births	Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Kyrgyzstan or Palau?: Palau, at 1.12 deaths per 100 live births against 1.08 deaths per 100 live births in Kyrgyzstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Kyrgyzstan and Palau?: 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Palau?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Palau rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 79th and Palau ranks 77th 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 .