What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Serbia and Slovakia?

0.0301 deaths per 100 live births, with Slovakia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Slovakia?

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.

Serbia vs Slovakia: Neonatal mortality rate

Serbia

0.2972 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Slovakia

0.3273 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Serbia rank

154th

Slovakia rank

152nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Serbia
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 0.3273 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2972 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0.0301 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Serbia's.

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

Serbia ranks 154th and Slovakia ranks 152nd of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Serbia	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.87 deaths per 100 live births	0.8939 deaths per 100 live births	0.9758 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
1990s	1.25 deaths per 100 live births	0.7123 deaths per 100 live births	0.5349 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2000s	0.6023 deaths per 100 live births	0.4053 deaths per 100 live births	0.197 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2010s	0.4117 deaths per 100 live births	0.3103 deaths per 100 live births	0.1013 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2020s	0.3211 deaths per 100 live births	0.3121 deaths per 100 live births	0.009 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Serbia or Slovakia?: Slovakia, at 0.3273 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2972 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Serbia and Slovakia?: 0.0301 deaths per 100 live births, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Slovakia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Serbia and Slovakia rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Serbia ranks 154th and Slovakia ranks 152nd 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: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .