What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Mexico and United States of America?

1,604 deaths, with Mexico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and United States of America?

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.

Mexico vs United States of America: Number of neonatal deaths

Mexico

15,650 deaths

in 2019

United States of America

14,046 deaths

in 2019

Mexico rank

30th

United States of America rank

33rd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Mexico
United States of America

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 15,650 deaths against 14,046 deaths in United States of America, a difference of 1,604 deaths.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States of America ahead.

Mexico ranks 30th and United States of America ranks 33rd of 204 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 6 and United States of America in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1950s	61,096 deaths	79,414 deaths	18,318 deaths	United States of America
1960s	68,913 deaths	67,577 deaths	1,335 deaths	Mexico
1970s	74,243 deaths	39,531 deaths	34,712 deaths	Mexico
1980s	59,428 deaths	26,624 deaths	32,804 deaths	Mexico
1990s	43,205 deaths	20,410 deaths	22,795 deaths	Mexico
2000s	29,762 deaths	18,526 deaths	11,236 deaths	Mexico
2010s	19,755 deaths	15,333 deaths	4,422 deaths	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Mexico or United States of America?: Mexico, at 15,650 deaths against 14,046 deaths in United States of America as of 2019.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Mexico and United States of America?: 1,604 deaths, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and United States of America?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
How do Mexico and United States of America rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Mexico ranks 30th and United States of America ranks 33rd 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.