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

0.031 deaths per 100 live births, with Palestine ahead.

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

38 years are reported by both, from 1987 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 Palestine: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations)

Paraguay

0.8589 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Palestine

0.8899 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Paraguay rank

97th

Palestine rank

94th

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) over time

Paraguay
Palestine

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 0.8899 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births in Paraguay, a difference of 0.031 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Palestine ahead.

Paraguay ranks 97th and Palestine ranks 94th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 3 and Palestine in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	2.38 deaths per 100 live births	0.0776 deaths per 100 live births	Palestine
1990s	2.02 deaths per 100 live births	2 deaths per 100 live births	0.0133 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
2000s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	1.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.0659 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
2010s	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.0225 deaths per 100 live births	Paraguay
2020s	0.9209 deaths per 100 live births	0.9237 deaths per 100 live births	0.0028 deaths per 100 live births	Palestine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Paraguay or Palestine?: Palestine, at 0.8899 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births in Paraguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Paraguay and Palestine?: 0.031 deaths per 100 live births, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Palestine?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Paraguay and Palestine rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Paraguay ranks 97th and Palestine ranks 94th 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 .