Neonatal mortality rate by country
Probability of death between 0 and 27 days
Countries reporting
201
Highest
4.2%
Pakistan
Lowest
0.1%
Andorra
Median
0.8%
Years covered
70
1950–2019
Data points
14,280
What the numbers show
Neonatal mortality rate is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 4.2% in Pakistan; the lowest is 0.1% in Andorra.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 1.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 195 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 17.4%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 59.3%).
Neonatal mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 4.2% | 2019 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 4.0% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 3.9% | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3.6% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 5 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 6 | South Sudan | 3.3% | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 3.2% | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.1% | 2019 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 9 | Somalia | 3.1% | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 3.1% | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 11 | Benin | 3.0% | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 12 | Haiti | 3.0% | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 2.9% | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 2.9% | 2019 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 2.9% | 2019 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 16 | Comoros | 2.8% | 2019 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 17 | Niger | 2.7% | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 2.7% | 2019 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 19 | Mozambique | 2.6% | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 2.6% | 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 | 2.5% | 2019 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 23 | Togo | 2.5% | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 2.4% | 2019 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 26 | Burundi | 2.4% | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 27 | Mauritania | 2.4% | 2019 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 2.4% | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 29 | India | 2.4% | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 2.4% | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 2.3% | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 32 | Ghana | 2.3% | 2019 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 2.3% | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 34 | Yemen | 2.3% | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.2% | 2019 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 36 | Angola | 2.2% | 2019 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 2.1% | 2019 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 38 | Djibouti | 2.1% | 2019 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 2.1% | 2019 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 40 | Myanmar | 2.1% | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 41 | Botswana | 2.1% | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 41 | South Africa | 2.1% | 2019 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 2.1% | 2019 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 44 | Laos | 2.0% | 2019 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 44 | Rwanda | 2.0% | 2019 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 2.0% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 47 | Kenya | 2.0% | 2019 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 2.0% | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 49 | Gambia | 1.9% | 2019 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 50 | Eritrea | 1.9% | 2019 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 51 | Nepal | 1.9% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 52 | Congo | 1.9% | 2019 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.8% | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 1.7% | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 54 | Cambodia | 1.7% | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 54 | Eswatini | 1.7% | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 1.7% | 2019 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Suriname | 1.7% | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 59 | Dominica | 1.6% | 2019 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Namibia | 1.6% | 2019 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 1.6% | 2019 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 62 | East Timor | 1.6% | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 63 | Guyana | 1.5% | 2019 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia | 1.5% | 2019 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 65 | Kiribati | 1.5% | 2019 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 1.5% | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 67 | Indonesia | 1.4% | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 1.3% | 2019 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 1.3% | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 70 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.2% | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 1.2% | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 1.2% | 2019 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 1.1% | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 1.1% | 2019 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 1.1% | 2019 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1% | 2019 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 1.1% | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 78 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 79 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.0% | 2019 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2019 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Nauru | 1.0% | 2019 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0% | 2019 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 83 | Fiji | 1.0% | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0% | 2019 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 85 | Maldives | 1.0% | 2019 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 0.9% | 2019 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 86 | Iraq | 0.9% | 2019 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 88 | Marshall Islands | 0.9% | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 89 | Honduras | 0.9% | 2019 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 89 | Mongolia | 0.9% | 2019 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 91 | Belize | 0.9% | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 92 | Jordan | 0.9% | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 92 | Venezuela | 0.9% | 2019 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 94 | Barbados | 0.9% | 2019 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Grenada | 0.9% | 2019 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 94 | Moldova | 0.9% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 97 | Turkey | 0.8% | 2019 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Guatemala | 0.8% | 2019 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 99 | Mauritius | 0.8% | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 99 | Niue | 0.8% | 2019 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 101 | Ecuador | 0.8% | 2019 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Peru | 0.8% | 2019 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Mexico | 0.7% | 2019 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 104 | Guam | 0.7% | 2019 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 105 | Seychelles | 0.7% | 2019 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Micronesia (country) | 0.7% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 106 | North Korea | 0.7% | 2019 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Syria | 0.7% | 2019 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 109 | Iran | 0.7% | 2019 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Tunisia | 0.7% | 2019 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Vietnam | 0.7% | 2019 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 112 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2019 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 0.7% | 2019 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Tuvalu | 0.7% | 2019 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 115 | Panama | 0.6% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 115 | Palestine | 0.6% | 2019 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 115 | Tonga | 0.6% | 2019 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 118 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2019 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 0.6% | 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 | 0.6% | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 123 | Albania | 0.6% | 2019 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 123 | Georgia | 0.6% | 2019 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Paraguay | 0.6% | 2019 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 126 | Egypt | 0.6% | 2019 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 0.6% | 2019 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 126 | Libya | 0.6% | 2019 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 0.6% | 2019 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5% | 2019 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Oman | 0.5% | 2019 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 132 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 2019 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Greenland | 0.5% | 2019 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2019 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 0.5% | 2019 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 137 | American Samoa | 0.5% | 2019 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Brunei | 0.5% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Lebanon | 0.5% | 2019 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 140 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.5% | 2019 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2019 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 0.4% | 2019 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.4% | 2019 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Qatar | 0.4% | 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 | 0.4% | 2019 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 151 | United States | 0.4% | 2019 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Malaysia | 0.4% | 2019 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2019 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Bulgaria | 0.3% | 2019 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Tokelau | 0.3% | 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 | 0.3% | 2019 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3% | 2019 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Switzerland | 0.3% | 2019 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2019 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3% | 2019 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 163 | United Kingdom | 0.2% | 2019 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 163 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2019 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Bahrain | 0.2% | 2019 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2019 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Netherlands | 0.2% | 2019 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Cuba | 0.2% | 2019 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2019 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2019 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Taiwan | 0.2% | 2019 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Greece | 0.2% | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 174 | Poland | 0.2% | 2019 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Australia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 176 | France | 0.2% | 2019 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Hungary | 0.2% | 2019 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2019 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Austria | 0.2% | 2019 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2019 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Germany | 0.2% | 2019 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 181 | San Marino | 0.2% | 2019 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Cyprus | 0.2% | 2019 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2019 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Israel | 0.2% | 2019 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Italy | 0.2% | 2019 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Spain | 0.2% | 2019 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Portugal | 0.2% | 2019 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2019 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2019 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 192 | South Korea | 0.1% | 2019 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Norway | 0.1% | 2019 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2019 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2019 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Finland | 0.1% | 2019 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Cook Islands | 0.1% | 2019 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Monaco | 0.1% | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 202 | Japan | 0.1% | 2019 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2019 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Andorra | 0.1% | 2019 | down 38.5% | volatile |
About this data
Probability of death between 0 and 27 days