What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Maldives and Qatar?

0.0136 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Qatar?

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.

Maldives vs Qatar: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Maldives

0.367 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Qatar

0.3806 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Maldives rank

146th

Qatar rank

145th

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Maldives
Qatar

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 0.3806 deaths per 100 live births against 0.367 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives, a difference of 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births.

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

Maldives ranks 146th and Qatar ranks 145th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1980s	4.48 deaths per 100 live births	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	3.26 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
1990s	3.4 deaths per 100 live births	0.8898 deaths per 100 live births	2.51 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
2000s	1.38 deaths per 100 live births	0.5631 deaths per 100 live births	0.8206 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
2010s	0.6081 deaths per 100 live births	0.4001 deaths per 100 live births	0.208 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives
2020s	0.4146 deaths per 100 live births	0.3836 deaths per 100 live births	0.0311 deaths per 100 live births	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Maldives or Qatar?: Qatar, at 0.3806 deaths per 100 live births against 0.367 deaths per 100 live births in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Maldives and Qatar?: 0.0136 deaths per 100 live births, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Qatar?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Maldives and Qatar rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Maldives ranks 146th and Qatar ranks 145th 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 .