Neonatal deaths (% of under-five deaths) by country
Countries reporting
36
Highest
0.8846
Dominica
Lowest
0
Montserrat
Median
0.5485
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
1,313
What the numbers show
Neonatal deaths (% of under-five deaths) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 0.8846 in Dominica; the lowest is 0 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5485, and the mean is 0.553.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 27.0%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 100.0%).
Neonatal deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominica | 0.8846 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.7857 | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 3 | Jamaica | 0.7616 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 4 | Belize | 0.734 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 5 | Grenada | 0.7083 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0.692 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 0.6913 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 0.6787 | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 9 | Barbados | 0.6774 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6678 | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 0.6571 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 0.6287 | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 13 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.6251 | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Suriname | 0.614 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 15 | Guyana | 0.6038 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6 | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 17 | Honduras | 0.5641 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5556 | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 19 | Colombia | 0.5415 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0.5388 | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 0.536 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 22 | Argentina | 0.5309 | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 23 | Paraguay | 0.5272 | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 24 | Peru | 0.505 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 25 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 25 | British Virgin Islands | 0.5 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 27 | Brazil | 0.4969 | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 28 | Cuba | 0.4897 | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 0.4731 | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 30 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4696 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Guatemala | 0.4631 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 32 | Haiti | 0.4303 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.4303 | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 34 | Panama | 0.3471 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 35 | Anguilla | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Montserrat | 0 | 2007 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.