Neonatal mortality ihme by country

Countries reporting
204
Highest
4.15
Pakistan
Lowest
0.08
Andorra
Median
0.75
Years covered
70
1950–2019
Data points
14,280

What the numbers show

Neonatal mortality ihme is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 4.15 in Pakistan; the lowest is 0.08 in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.75, and the mean is 1.12.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 198 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 17.4%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 59.3%).

Neonatal mortality ihme: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Pakistan 4.15 2019 down 16.3% falling
2 Mali 3.95 2019 down 15.6% falling
3 Central African Republic 3.93 2019 down 13.8% falling
4 Nigeria 3.64 2019 down 16.1% falling
5 Cote d'Ivoire 3.42 2019 down 20.8% falling
6 South Sudan 3.3 2019 down 13.4% falling
7 Chad 3.22 2019 down 13.4% falling
8 Guinea-Bissau 3.15 2019 down 25.5% falling
9 Somalia 3.09 2019 down 15.1% falling
10 Guinea 3.06 2019 down 21.9% falling
11 Benin 3.05 2019 down 15.5% falling
12 Haiti 2.95 2019 down 3.9% falling
13 Burkina Faso 2.86 2019 down 12.8% falling
13 Lesotho 2.86 2019 down 19.4% falling
13 Sierra Leone 2.86 2019 down 24.5% falling
16 Comoros 2.79 2019 down 26.0% falling
17 Niger 2.67 2019 down 11.3% falling
18 Ethiopia 2.66 2019 down 31.8% falling
19 Mozambique 2.58 2019 down 22.8% falling
20 Uganda 2.56 2019 down 15.5% falling
21 Afghanistan 2.5 2019 down 20.4% falling
21 Malawi 2.5 2019 down 19.9% falling
23 Senegal 2.49 2019 down 18.9% falling
23 Togo 2.49 2019 down 20.2% falling
25 Cameroon 2.42 2019 down 17.1% falling
26 Burundi 2.4 2019 down 23.1% falling
27 Mauritania 2.39 2019 down 26.7% falling
27 Tanzania 2.39 2019 down 16.4% falling
29 India 2.38 2019 down 29.2% falling
30 Liberia 2.36 2019 down 19.5% falling
31 Zimbabwe 2.34 2019 down 14.6% falling
32 Ghana 2.31 2019 down 24.5% falling
33 Madagascar 2.3 2019 down 18.1% falling
34 Yemen 2.28 2019 down 19.7% falling
35 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.2 2019 down 29.7% falling
36 Angola 2.17 2019 down 25.9% falling
37 Sudan 2.13 2019 down 27.6% falling
38 Djibouti 2.12 2019 down 19.4% falling
39 Zambia 2.11 2019 down 24.4% falling
40 Myanmar 2.1 2019 down 30.0% falling
41 Botswana 2.07 2019 down 14.1% falling
41 South Africa 2.07 2019 down 24.7% falling
43 Bhutan 2.06 2019 down 31.6% falling
44 Laos 1.99 2019 down 33.0% falling
44 Rwanda 1.99 2019 down 22.9% falling
46 Bangladesh 1.98 2019 down 39.1% falling
47 Kenya 1.97 2019 down 18.9% falling
48 Papua New Guinea 1.96 2019 down 9.7% falling
49 Gambia 1.94 2019 down 27.9% falling
50 Eritrea 1.93 2019 down 19.2% falling
51 Nepal 1.9 2019 down 39.1% falling
52 Congo 1.85 2019 down 23.6% falling
53 Equatorial Guinea 1.77 2019 down 25.6% falling
54 Dominican Republic 1.69 2019 down 16.7% falling
54 Cambodia 1.69 2019 down 29.3% falling
54 Eswatini 1.69 2019 down 14.6% falling
57 Azerbaijan 1.68 2019 down 26.6% volatile
57 Suriname 1.68 2019 down 21.9% falling
59 Dominica 1.62 2019 up 17.4% volatile
59 Namibia 1.62 2019 down 20.6% falling
61 Gabon 1.58 2019 down 31.3% falling
62 East Timor 1.55 2019 down 18.0% falling
63 Guyana 1.5 2019 down 27.9% falling
64 Bolivia 1.48 2019 down 27.8% falling
65 Kiribati 1.47 2019 down 17.9% falling
65 Tajikistan 1.47 2019 down 24.2% falling
67 Indonesia 1.37 2019 down 29.0% falling
68 Turkmenistan 1.34 2019 down 33.0% falling
69 Jamaica 1.26 2019 down 12.5% falling
70 Sao Tome and Principe 1.21 2019 down 29.2% falling
71 Algeria 1.2 2019 down 30.6% falling
72 Vanuatu 1.16 2019 down 18.3% falling
73 Solomon Islands 1.15 2019 down 23.3% falling
74 Morocco 1.11 2019 down 41.6% falling
74 Uzbekistan 1.11 2019 down 31.9% falling
76 Kyrgyzstan 1.09 2019 down 41.1% falling
77 Saint Lucia 1.06 2019 down 19.7% falling
78 Philippines 1.03 2019 down 23.1% falling
79 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.02 2019 down 10.5% volatile
80 Brazil 1.01 2019 down 32.2% volatile
80 Nauru 1.01 2019 down 33.1% falling
80 Trinidad and Tobago 1.01 2019 down 18.5% falling
83 Fiji 1 2019 down 9.1% falling
84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.97 2019 down 28.7% falling
85 Maldives 0.96 2019 down 20.0% volatile
86 Cape Verde 0.95 2019 down 37.5% falling
86 Iraq 0.95 2019 down 46.3% falling
88 Marshall Islands 0.94 2019 down 27.1% falling
89 Honduras 0.93 2019 down 35.0% falling
89 Mongolia 0.93 2019 down 44.6% falling
91 Belize 0.91 2019 down 20.2% falling
92 Jordan 0.88 2019 down 20.7% falling
92 Venezuela 0.88 2019 down 18.5% falling
94 Barbados 0.86 2019 down 12.2% volatile
94 Grenada 0.86 2019 up 1.2% falling
94 Moldova 0.86 2019 down 28.9% falling
97 Turkey 0.85 2019 down 36.6% volatile
98 Guatemala 0.84 2019 down 26.3% falling
99 Mauritius 0.81 2019 down 13.8% falling
99 Niue 0.81 2019 down 16.5% falling
101 Ecuador 0.77 2019 down 35.8% volatile
102 Peru 0.76 2019 down 30.9% volatile
103 Mexico 0.74 2019 down 31.5% falling
104 Guam 0.72 2019 up 4.3% falling
105 Seychelles 0.71 2019 down 18.4% volatile
106 Micronesia (country) 0.69 2019 down 28.9% falling
106 North Korea 0.69 2019 down 48.1% volatile
106 Syria 0.69 2019 down 1.4% falling
109 Iran 0.68 2019 down 59.3% volatile
109 Tunisia 0.68 2019 down 41.4% volatile
109 Vietnam 0.68 2019 down 32.7% falling
112 Colombia 0.67 2019 down 38.5% falling
113 Nicaragua 0.66 2019 down 34.0% volatile
113 Tuvalu 0.66 2019 down 40.0% falling
115 Panama 0.64 2019 down 16.9% falling
115 Palestine 0.64 2019 down 45.3% falling
115 Tonga 0.64 2019 down 25.6% falling
118 Samoa 0.63 2019 down 28.4% volatile
119 Bahamas 0.61 2019 down 16.4% volatile
120 Armenia 0.6 2019 down 34.8% volatile
120 Palau 0.6 2019 down 18.9% volatile
122 Argentina 0.59 2019 down 27.2% falling
123 Albania 0.58 2019 down 45.8% falling
123 Georgia 0.58 2019 down 47.7% volatile
123 Paraguay 0.58 2019 down 42.6% falling
126 Egypt 0.56 2019 down 57.6% volatile
126 Kazakhstan 0.56 2019 down 48.1% falling
126 Libya 0.56 2019 down 29.1% volatile
129 North Macedonia 0.55 2019 down 31.2% volatile
130 Antigua and Barbuda 0.54 2019 down 18.2% volatile
130 Oman 0.54 2019 down 5.3% volatile
132 El Salvador 0.53 2019 down 40.4% volatile
133 Costa Rica 0.51 2019 down 19.0% volatile
133 Greenland 0.51 2019 down 23.9% volatile
133 Kuwait 0.51 2019 down 23.9% volatile
136 Puerto Rico 0.5 2019 down 16.7% volatile
137 American Samoa 0.49 2019 down 15.5% volatile
138 Brunei 0.48 2019 unchanged volatile
138 Lebanon 0.48 2019 down 34.2% volatile
140 United States Virgin Islands 0.46 2019 down 23.3% volatile
141 Ukraine 0.45 2019 down 21.1% falling
141 Uruguay 0.45 2019 down 29.7% falling
143 Sri Lanka 0.44 2019 down 37.1% volatile
143 Northern Mariana Islands 0.44 2019 up 15.8% volatile
145 Qatar 0.42 2019 down 32.3% volatile
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4 2019 down 20.0% volatile
146 Chile 0.4 2019 down 25.9% volatile
146 Romania 0.4 2019 down 29.8% volatile
149 China 0.38 2019 down 50.6% falling
149 Malta 0.38 2019 down 17.4% volatile
151 United States 0.37 2019 down 11.9% volatile
152 Malaysia 0.36 2019 down 21.7% volatile
152 Thailand 0.36 2019 down 28.0% volatile
154 Bulgaria 0.35 2019 down 32.7% volatile
155 Tokelau 0.32 2019 down 37.3% falling
156 Canada 0.3 2019 down 14.3% volatile
156 Russia 0.3 2019 down 41.2% falling
158 Bermuda 0.27 2019 down 10.0% volatile
159 United Arab Emirates 0.26 2019 down 29.7% volatile
159 Switzerland 0.26 2019 down 18.8% volatile
159 Croatia 0.26 2019 down 31.6% volatile
159 Saudi Arabia 0.26 2019 down 54.4% volatile
163 United Kingdom 0.25 2019 down 19.4% volatile
163 New Zealand 0.25 2019 down 21.9% volatile
163 Slovakia 0.25 2019 down 24.2% volatile
166 Bahrain 0.24 2019 down 17.2% volatile
166 Belarus 0.24 2019 down 41.5% volatile
166 Netherlands 0.24 2019 down 17.2% volatile
166 Serbia 0.24 2019 down 42.9% volatile
170 Cuba 0.23 2019 down 20.7% volatile
170 Denmark 0.23 2019 down 11.5% volatile
170 Montenegro 0.23 2019 down 52.1% volatile
170 Taiwan 0.23 2019 down 4.2% volatile
174 Greece 0.22 2019 unchanged volatile
174 Poland 0.22 2019 down 37.1% volatile
176 Australia 0.21 2019 down 27.6% volatile
176 France 0.21 2019 down 8.7% volatile
176 Hungary 0.21 2019 down 36.4% volatile
176 Latvia 0.21 2019 down 55.3% volatile
180 Ireland 0.2 2019 down 20.0% volatile
181 Austria 0.19 2019 down 26.9% volatile
181 Belgium 0.19 2019 down 17.4% volatile
181 Germany 0.19 2019 down 20.8% volatile
181 San Marino 0.19 2019 down 13.6% volatile
185 Cyprus 0.18 2019 down 18.2% volatile
185 Lithuania 0.18 2019 down 37.9% volatile
187 Israel 0.17 2019 down 32.0% volatile
187 Italy 0.17 2019 down 29.2% volatile
189 Spain 0.16 2019 down 23.8% volatile
189 Portugal 0.16 2019 down 30.4% volatile
191 Iceland 0.15 2019 down 11.8% volatile
192 Czechia 0.14 2019 down 17.6% volatile
192 South Korea 0.14 2019 down 22.2% volatile
192 Norway 0.14 2019 down 30.0% volatile
192 Sweden 0.14 2019 down 12.5% volatile
196 Luxembourg 0.13 2019 down 7.1% volatile
196 Slovenia 0.13 2019 down 31.6% volatile
198 Finland 0.12 2019 down 29.4% volatile
199 Estonia 0.11 2019 down 50.0% volatile
199 Cook Islands 0.11 2019 down 56.0% volatile
201 Monaco 0.1 2019 down 23.1% volatile
202 Japan 0.09 2019 down 25.0% volatile
202 Singapore 0.09 2019 down 25.0% volatile
204 Andorra 0.08 2019 down 38.5% volatile

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Indicator
Neonatal mortality ihme
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 14,280 data points, 1950–2019
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