What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Paraguay and Seychelles?

0.0247 deaths per 100 live births, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Seychelles?

39 years are reported by both, from 1986 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.

Paraguay vs Seychelles: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Paraguay

0.8589 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Seychelles

0.8342 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Paraguay rank

97th

Seychelles rank

99th

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Paraguay
Seychelles

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8342 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles, a difference of 0.0247 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Paraguay has been ahead every year.

Paraguay ranks 97th and Seychelles ranks 99th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.32 deaths per 100 live births	1.22 deaths per 100 live births	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
1990s	2.02 deaths per 100 live births	0.9527 deaths per 100 live births	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
2000s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	0.8727 deaths per 100 live births	0.7321 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
2010s	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.8834 deaths per 100 live births	0.3064 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
2020s	0.9209 deaths per 100 live births	0.8654 deaths per 100 live births	0.0555 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Paraguay or Seychelles?: Paraguay, at 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8342 deaths per 100 live births in Seychelles as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Paraguay and Seychelles?: 0.0247 deaths per 100 live births, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Seychelles?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
How do Paraguay and Seychelles rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Paraguay ranks 97th and Seychelles ranks 99th 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 .