What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Malaysia and Syrian Arab Republic?

324 deaths, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Syrian Arab Republic?

70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malaysia vs Syrian Arab Republic: Number of neonatal deaths

Malaysia

1,914 deaths

in 2019

Syrian Arab Republic

1,590 deaths

in 2019

Malaysia rank

79th

Syrian Arab Republic rank

81st

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Malaysia
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 1,914 deaths against 1,590 deaths in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 324 deaths.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 79th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 81st of 204 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Syrian Arab Republic in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1950s	10,123 deaths	6,644 deaths	3,479 deaths	Malaysia
1960s	8,406 deaths	6,727 deaths	1,679 deaths	Malaysia
1970s	6,582 deaths	8,336 deaths	1,754 deaths	Syrian Arab Republic
1980s	4,922 deaths	12,226 deaths	7,304 deaths	Syrian Arab Republic
1990s	3,754 deaths	9,626 deaths	5,872 deaths	Syrian Arab Republic
2000s	2,116 deaths	3,946 deaths	1,830 deaths	Syrian Arab Republic
2010s	2,044 deaths	2,853 deaths	809.2 deaths	Syrian Arab Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Malaysia or Syrian Arab Republic?: Malaysia, at 1,914 deaths against 1,590 deaths in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2019.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Malaysia and Syrian Arab Republic?: 324 deaths, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Syrian Arab Republic?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
How do Malaysia and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Malaysia ranks 79th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 81st of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 14,280 data points, 1950–2019
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Deaths in children aged 0-27 days.