Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths by country
Countries reporting
200
Highest
1
Andorra
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
0.5307
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
9,238
What the numbers show
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 1 in Andorra; the lowest is 0 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5307, and the mean is 0.5235.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 1 | 2024 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Dominica | 0.8846 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7857 | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 5 | Jamaica | 0.7616 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.7401 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7361 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Belize | 0.734 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Albania | 0.7235 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 10 | Bahamas | 0.7222 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 10 | Cape Verde | 0.7222 | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0.7121 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Grenada | 0.7083 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 0.692 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 0.6913 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 0.684 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0.6808 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 0.6798 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 0.6787 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 20 | Barbados | 0.6774 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 20 | Maldives | 0.6774 | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 0.6686 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6678 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 0.6667 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 0.6642 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 0.6628 | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 27 | Ireland | 0.6602 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 0.6571 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 0.6522 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 30 | Pakistan | 0.6513 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 31 | Qatar | 0.6491 | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.6477 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 0.6434 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 34 | France | 0.6412 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.641 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 0.6356 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 37 | Australia | 0.6326 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 0.6287 | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 39 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.6286 | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 40 | India | 0.628 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6279 | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 42 | Tunisia | 0.6275 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 43 | Canada | 0.6275 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 44 | Egypt | 0.6259 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 45 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.6251 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 46 | Seychelles | 0.625 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 47 | Suriname | 0.614 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 0.6133 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 49 | Germany | 0.612 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Morocco | 0.611 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 51 | Guyana | 0.6038 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 0.6024 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6 | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 54 | Lebanon | 0.5912 | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 0.5895 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Senegal | 0.5853 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 57 | Belgium | 0.5844 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 58 | Oman | 0.5792 | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 0.5782 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 60 | Iraq | 0.5776 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 61 | Finland | 0.5769 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 61 | Norway | 0.5769 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Mauritania | 0.5754 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 0.575 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 64 | Sweden | 0.575 | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 66 | Jordan | 0.5745 | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 67 | Comoros | 0.5735 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 68 | Poland | 0.5717 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 0.5712 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 70 | Georgia | 0.565 | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 71 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.5645 | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 72 | Djibouti | 0.5644 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 73 | New Zealand | 0.5643 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 74 | Honduras | 0.5641 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 0.5639 | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 76 | United States of America | 0.5635 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 77 | Ukraine | 0.5634 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 78 | Thailand | 0.5627 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 79 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5556 | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 79 | Eswatini | 0.5556 | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 81 | Yemen | 0.5548 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 82 | Namibia | 0.5517 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.5497 | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 0.5496 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 85 | Hungary | 0.5486 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 86 | Gambia | 0.548 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 87 | Lithuania | 0.5467 | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 88 | Syria | 0.5424 | 2024 | up 113.4% | falling |
| 89 | Serbia | 0.5418 | 2024 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 90 | Cyprus | 0.5417 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 91 | Colombia | 0.5415 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | Kenya | 0.5409 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.5398 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 94 | Kuwait | 0.5392 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 95 | Ecuador | 0.5388 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.536 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 97 | Spain | 0.5359 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 98 | North Korea | 0.535 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 99 | Botswana | 0.533 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 100 | Argentina | 0.5309 | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 101 | Myanmar | 0.5305 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 102 | Paraguay | 0.5272 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 103 | Portugal | 0.5271 | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 0.5264 | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 0.526 | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 106 | Libya | 0.5244 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 107 | Czechia | 0.5226 | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 108 | Mongolia | 0.5183 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 109 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.5179 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 110 | Indonesia | 0.517 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 111 | Malaysia | 0.5159 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 112 | Cambodia | 0.5149 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.5148 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 114 | Fiji | 0.5134 | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5134 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 0.512 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 117 | Israel | 0.5104 | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 118 | Slovakia | 0.5091 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 119 | Ghana | 0.5081 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 120 | Peru | 0.505 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 121 | Gabon | 0.5034 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 122 | Bahrain | 0.5029 | 2024 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 123 | Iceland | 0.5 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 123 | Naoero | 0.5 | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 123 | Palau | 0.5 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 0.5 | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 123 | British Virgin Islands | 0.5 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 123 | Cook Islands | 0.5 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Viet Nam | 0.4979 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 131 | Brazil | 0.4969 | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 132 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4946 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 133 | Malawi | 0.4943 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 134 | Cuba | 0.4897 | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 135 | Romania | 0.4896 | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4824 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.4782 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 138 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4773 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 139 | Croatia | 0.4751 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 140 | Türkiye | 0.4743 | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 0.4731 | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 142 | Latvia | 0.4722 | 2024 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 143 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4696 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 144 | Eritrea | 0.467 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 145 | Rwanda | 0.4653 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 146 | Guatemala | 0.4631 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 0.4548 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 148 | Zambia | 0.4535 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 0.4492 | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 150 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4481 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 151 | Uganda | 0.4448 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 152 | Estonia | 0.4348 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 152 | Tonga | 0.4348 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 154 | Mozambique | 0.433 | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 155 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4327 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 156 | Congo | 0.4319 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 157 | Haiti | 0.4303 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 158 | El Salvador | 0.4303 | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 159 | South Sudan | 0.4296 | 2024 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 160 | China | 0.4242 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 161 | Bhutan | 0.4235 | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 162 | Singapore | 0.4141 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 163 | Republic of Korea | 0.4138 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 164 | Burundi | 0.4121 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 165 | Togo | 0.4101 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 166 | Kazakhstan | 0.4092 | 2024 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 167 | Marshall Islands | 0.4091 | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 168 | Kiribati | 0.4088 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 0.406 | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3998 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 171 | Mali | 0.3965 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 0.3925 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 173 | Cameroon | 0.3907 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 0.3902 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 175 | Liberia | 0.3887 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 176 | Sudan | 0.3874 | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 177 | Angola | 0.3804 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 178 | Madagascar | 0.3773 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 179 | Russian Federation | 0.3759 | 2024 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 180 | North Macedonia | 0.375 | 2024 | down 47.3% | rising |
| 181 | Benin | 0.3719 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 0.3582 | 2024 | up 90.0% | falling |
| 183 | South Africa | 0.3551 | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 184 | Montenegro | 0.3529 | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 185 | Somalia | 0.3518 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 186 | Japan | 0.3494 | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 187 | Panama | 0.3471 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 188 | Nigeria | 0.3448 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 189 | Chad | 0.3372 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 190 | Guinea | 0.3299 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 191 | Burkina Faso | 0.3243 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 192 | Sierra Leone | 0.3172 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 193 | Niger | 0.3093 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 194 | Belarus | 0.2994 | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 195 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2738 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 196 | Palestine, State of | 0.2334 | 2024 | down 57.8% | flat |
| 197 | San Marino | 0 | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Anguilla | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Montserrat | 0 | 2007 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Niue | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) 0.6377
- World 0.4675
- South Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 0.6322
- Asia Meridional 0.6322
- Southern Asia (UNSDG) 0.6322
- Northern Africa (African Union) 0.6308
- Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) 0.6291
- Australia and New Zealand (UNSDG) 0.6187
- Europa Occidental 0.6158
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 0.5866
- América del Norte 0.5684
- Northern America (UNSDG) 0.5684
- Europe and Northern America (UNSDG) 0.5576
- Europe (UNSDG) 0.5479
- América Latina y el Caribe 0.5402
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) 0.5402
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 0.5402
- Western Asia (UNSDG) 0.5377
- Europa y Asia Central 0.5266
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 0.5204
- Oceania (UNSDG) 0.5186
- Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF Prog.regions) 0.5179
- South-eastern Asia (UNSDG) 0.5154
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 0.5151
- Small island developing States (SIDS) (UNSDG) 0.5146
- Central Asia (UNSDG) 0.5145
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) (UNSDG) 0.5066
- (SDGRC) North Africa 0.5035
- Europa del Este y Asia Central 0.5012
- Northern Africa (UNSDG) 0.501
- East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) 0.4979
- Asia Oriental y Pacífico 0.4972
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (UNSDG) 0.4962
- Eastern Africa (African Union) 0.4757
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 0.4752
- Eastern and Southern Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 0.4701
- África Oriental y Meridional 0.4619
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 0.4584
- Eastern Asia (UNSDG) 0.4332
- (SDGRC) Southern Africa 0.4322