Lithuania vs Spain: Neonatal mortality rate

Lithuania
0.1871 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Spain
0.1725 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania rank
177th
Spain rank
179th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 0.1871 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1725 deaths per 100 live births in Spain, a difference of 0.0146 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Spain ahead.

Lithuania ranks 177th and Spain ranks 179th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lithuania Spain Difference Ahead
1980s 0.6904 deaths per 100 live births 0.6613 deaths per 100 live births 0.0291 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1990s 0.7758 deaths per 100 live births 0.381 deaths per 100 live births 0.3947 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2000s 0.4026 deaths per 100 live births 0.2471 deaths per 100 live births 0.1556 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2010s 0.2457 deaths per 100 live births 0.1974 deaths per 100 live births 0.0483 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2020s 0.1996 deaths per 100 live births 0.1769 deaths per 100 live births 0.0227 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Lithuania or Spain?
Lithuania, at 0.1871 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1725 deaths per 100 live births in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Lithuania and Spain?
0.0146 deaths per 100 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Spain?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Lithuania and Spain rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
Lithuania ranks 177th and Spain ranks 179th 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 .