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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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Indicator
Neonatal deaths (% of under-five deaths)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
38 places, 1,313 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed