What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Nicaragua and Oman?

0.0472 deaths per 100 live births, with Oman ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Oman?

51 years are reported by both, from 1974 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.

Nicaragua vs Oman: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Nicaragua

0.531 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Oman

0.5782 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nicaragua rank

123rd

Oman rank

121st

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Nicaragua
Oman

How they compare

Oman currently reports 0.5782 deaths per 100 live births against 0.531 deaths per 100 live births in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0472 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Oman ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 123rd and Oman ranks 121st of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 5 and Oman in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	Oman	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.77 deaths per 100 live births	4.29 deaths per 100 live births	0.5234 deaths per 100 live births	Oman
1980s	2.74 deaths per 100 live births	2.59 deaths per 100 live births	0.1435 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
1990s	2.01 deaths per 100 live births	1.21 deaths per 100 live births	0.7971 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
2000s	1.47 deaths per 100 live births	0.6505 deaths per 100 live births	0.8152 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
2010s	1.08 deaths per 100 live births	0.5606 deaths per 100 live births	0.5198 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua
2020s	0.7477 deaths per 100 live births	0.5592 deaths per 100 live births	0.1884 deaths per 100 live births	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Nicaragua or Oman?: Oman, at 0.5782 deaths per 100 live births against 0.531 deaths per 100 live births in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Nicaragua and Oman?: 0.0472 deaths per 100 live births, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Oman?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Nicaragua and Oman rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Nicaragua ranks 123rd and Oman ranks 121st 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 .