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Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained (projection) by country

Countries reporting
200
Highest
39.47
South Sudan
Lowest
0.5443
San Marino
Median
6.92
Years covered
6
2025–2030
Data points
1,272

What the numbers show

Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained (projection) is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 39.47 in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.5443 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.92, and the mean is 10.12.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73.

Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Sudan 39.47 2030 unchanged flat
2 Nigeria 39.05 2030 unchanged flat
3 Zimbabwe 33.68 2030 unchanged flat
4 Liberia 32.25 2030 down 1.8% flat
5 Niger 31.66 2030 down 2.8% flat
6 Pakistan 31.26 2030 down 11.3% falling
7 Dominica 31.07 2030 unchanged flat
8 Somalia 30.74 2030 down 8.6% falling
9 Afghanistan 28.5 2030 down 11.8% falling
10 Guinea-Bissau 27.97 2030 down 10.6% falling
11 Central African Republic 27.56 2030 down 6.7% falling
12 Guinea 27.48 2030 down 6.5% falling
13 Chad 27.43 2030 down 8.2% falling
14 Lesotho 25.26 2030 down 9.6% falling
15 Sierra Leone 25.07 2030 down 9.5% falling
16 Benin 24.67 2030 down 7.8% falling
17 Côte d’Ivoire 24.59 2030 down 8.6% falling
18 Mozambique 24.14 2030 down 3.1% flat
19 Eswatini 23.99 2030 down 3.4% flat
20 Mali 23.95 2030 down 12.2% falling
21 Djibouti 23.63 2030 down 10.7% falling
22 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23.37 2030 down 0.9% flat
23 Malawi 23.31 2030 down 1.0% flat
24 Equatorial Guinea 23.28 2030 down 9.6% falling
25 Madagascar 22.65 2030 down 1.5% flat
26 Cameroon 22.05 2030 down 9.2% falling
27 Turkmenistan 21.47 2030 down 3.2% flat
28 Ethiopia 21.41 2030 down 12.8% falling
29 Burkina Faso 21.24 2030 down 8.9% falling
30 Sudan 20.79 2030 down 9.6% falling
31 Kiribati 20.7 2030 down 3.9% flat
32 Haiti 20.27 2030 down 8.8% falling
33 Zambia 20.23 2030 down 4.7% flat
34 Togo 20.19 2030 down 8.9% falling
35 Uganda 20.12 2030 down 4.8% flat
36 Comoros 19.73 2030 down 9.2% falling
37 Timor-Leste 19.66 2030 down 7.6% falling
38 Gambia 19.65 2030 down 12.2% falling
39 Namibia 19.46 2030 down 7.5% falling
40 Dominican Republic 19.39 2030 down 7.3% falling
41 Kenya 19.16 2030 down 6.2% falling
42 Yemen 18.96 2030 down 7.7% falling
43 Senegal 18.42 2030 down 10.2% falling
44 Mauritania 18.15 2030 down 10.8% falling
45 Tanzania 17.84 2030 down 8.7% falling
46 Papua New Guinea 17.74 2030 down 9.8% falling
47 Myanmar 16.94 2030 down 11.4% falling
48 Burundi 16.6 2030 down 10.9% falling
49 Angola 16.48 2030 down 7.6% falling
50 Rwanda 15.84 2030 down 7.3% falling
51 Botswana 15.23 2030 down 11.5% falling
52 Fiji 14.99 2030 unchanged flat
53 Bangladesh 14.94 2030 down 14.0% falling
54 Ghana 14.83 2030 down 15.2% falling
55 Algeria 14.82 2030 down 0.8% flat
56 Congo 14.68 2030 down 9.4% falling
57 Gabon 13.71 2030 down 13.6% falling
58 Philippines 13.61 2030 unchanged flat
59 Eritrea 13.5 2030 down 11.4% falling
60 Jamaica 13.24 2030 down 2.5% flat
61 Egypt 12.96 2030 down 5.4% falling
62 Guyana 12.64 2030 down 14.6% falling
63 South Africa 12.44 2030 unchanged flat
64 India 12.37 2030 down 21.9% falling
65 Moldova 12.33 2030 unchanged flat
66 Grenada 12.3 2030 unchanged flat
67 Nepal 11.65 2030 down 20.2% falling
68 Palau 11.21 2030 down 0.1% flat
69 Trinidad and Tobago 11.05 2030 down 10.6% falling
70 Azerbaijan 10.52 2030 down 13.0% falling
71 Lebanon 10.46 2030 unchanged flat
72 Venezuela 10.46 2030 down 3.3% flat
73 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 10.29 2030 down 18.3% falling
74 Marshall Islands 10.28 2030 down 14.8% falling
75 Niue 10.24 2030 down 14.9% falling
76 Iraq 10.24 2030 down 15.1% falling
77 Saint Lucia 9.97 2030 down 9.5% falling
78 Tajikistan 9.96 2030 down 8.6% falling
79 Mauritius 9.59 2030 unchanged flat
80 Micronesia (Federated States of) 9.53 2030 down 15.3% falling
81 Kyrgyzstan 9.25 2030 down 12.0% falling
82 Syrian Arab Republic 9.03 2030 down 4.2% flat
83 Bahamas 8.99 2030 unchanged flat
84 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.72 2030 down 10.7% falling
85 Belize 8.44 2030 down 7.0% falling
86 Mexico 8.08 2030 down 1.6% flat
87 Seychelles 8.02 2030 down 3.2% flat
88 Suriname 7.97 2030 down 14.9% falling
89 Vanuatu 7.86 2030 down 10.5% falling
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.73 2030 down 11.6% falling
91 Guatemala 7.65 2030 down 16.2% falling
92 Viet Nam 7.6 2030 down 11.8% falling
93 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 7.6 2030 down 12.7% falling
94 Morocco 7.46 2030 down 19.2% falling
95 Costa Rica 7.3 2030 unchanged flat
96 Indonesia 7.1 2030 down 19.1% falling
97 Tuvalu 7.01 2030 down 16.4% falling
98 Paraguay 6.98 2030 down 15.8% falling
99 Cook Islands 6.94 2030 down 1.0% flat
100 Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip 6.92 2030 down 15.6% falling
101 Cambodia 6.92 2030 down 23.4% falling
102 Solomon Islands 6.86 2030 down 12.0% falling
103 Honduras 6.82 2030 down 15.9% falling
104 Ecuador 6.82 2030 down 2.1% flat
105 Albania 6.74 2030 unchanged flat
106 Jordan 6.19 2030 down 13.9% falling
107 Cabo Verde 6.05 2030 down 21.1% falling
108 Uzbekistan 6.02 2030 down 18.1% falling
109 Mongolia 5.91 2030 down 14.8% falling
110 Brazil 5.87 2030 down 14.9% falling
111 Oman 5.78 2030 unchanged flat
112 Iran 5.77 2030 down 16.9% falling
113 Tunisia 5.75 2030 down 22.0% falling
114 Brunei Darussalam 5.68 2030 unchanged flat
115 Peru 5.6 2030 down 11.9% falling
116 Barbados 5.51 2030 down 14.3% falling
117 British Virgin Islands 5.49 2030 down 12.4% falling
118 Colombia 5.13 2030 down 15.3% falling
119 Bolivia 5.06 2030 down 26.7% falling
120 Samoa 5.05 2030 down 11.4% falling
121 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 4.87 2030 down 22.0% falling
122 Bhutan 4.72 2030 down 30.5% falling
123 Antigua and Barbuda 4.48 2030 down 11.7% falling
124 Sao Tome and Principe 4.48 2030 down 25.8% falling
125 Bahrain 4.44 2030 unchanged flat
126 Chile 4.34 2030 down 6.0% falling
127 Thailand 4.3 2030 down 13.4% falling
128 Panama 4.28 2030 down 16.2% falling
129 Malaysia 4.27 2030 unchanged flat
130 Cuba 4.26 2030 unchanged flat
131 Libya 4.23 2030 down 15.8% falling
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.2 2030 down 4.1% flat
133 Argentina 4.17 2030 down 15.0% falling
134 Kuwait 4.09 2030 down 6.3% falling
135 Georgia 4.04 2030 down 15.7% falling
136 Ukraine 3.98 2030 down 10.6% falling
137 Armenia 3.82 2030 down 20.9% falling
138 Qatar 3.81 2030 down 0.0% flat
139 Türkiye 3.7 2030 down 17.1% falling
140 Tonga 3.59 2030 down 11.3% falling
141 Uruguay 3.52 2030 down 10.9% falling
142 United States 3.5 2030 down 3.4% flat
143 Nicaragua 3.37 2030 down 31.6% falling
144 El Salvador 3.34 2030 down 19.5% falling
145 Canada 3.29 2030 down 2.4% flat
146 Slovak Republic 3.27 2030 unchanged flat
147 Sri Lanka 3.24 2030 down 15.4% falling
148 Romania 3.24 2030 down 8.9% falling
149 Kazakhstan 3.17 2030 down 16.7% falling
150 Malta 3.1 2030 down 11.2% falling
151 United Kingdom 3.04 2030 unchanged flat
152 France 2.84 2030 unchanged flat
153 Nauru 2.73 2030 down 33.7% falling
154 Cyprus 2.71 2030 unchanged flat
155 Montserrat 2.7 2030 down 15.4% falling
156 Maldives 2.69 2030 down 22.9% falling
157 Switzerland 2.65 2030 down 3.7% flat
158 Netherlands 2.6 2030 down 0.6% flat
159 Ireland 2.58 2030 unchanged flat
160 Denmark 2.58 2030 down 3.7% flat
161 Croatia 2.52 2030 down 6.5% falling
162 Serbia 2.45 2030 down 14.9% falling
163 Anguilla 2.43 2030 down 15.0% falling
164 New Zealand 2.36 2030 down 9.9% falling
165 Germany 2.3 2030 unchanged flat
166 Australia 2.23 2030 down 1.8% flat
167 Poland 2.22 2030 down 8.5% falling
168 Belgium 2.17 2030 down 1.8% flat
169 Austria 2.13 2030 down 2.1% flat
170 Saudi Arabia 2.11 2030 down 22.4% falling
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.99 2030 down 15.1% falling
172 Greece 1.94 2030 down 9.1% falling
173 Bulgaria 1.91 2030 down 22.2% falling
174 Hungary 1.72 2030 down 13.9% falling
175 United Arab Emirates 1.62 2030 down 27.1% falling
176 Italy 1.61 2030 down 8.9% falling
177 China (People’s Republic of) 1.61 2030 down 32.9% falling
178 Spain 1.6 2030 down 6.3% falling
179 Lithuania 1.59 2030 down 12.8% falling
180 Israel 1.5 2030 down 10.4% falling
181 Portugal 1.48 2030 down 11.1% falling
182 Luxembourg 1.43 2030 down 1.7% flat
183 Iceland 1.42 2030 unchanged flat
184 Finland 1.34 2030 down 1.1% flat
185 Sweden 1.33 2030 down 5.2% falling
186 Norway 1.32 2030 down 6.0% falling
187 Czechia 1.29 2030 down 6.8% falling
188 Russia 1.21 2030 down 34.0% falling
189 Monaco 1.15 2030 down 15.3% falling
190 Slovenia 1.15 2030 down 8.8% falling
191 Singapore 1.08 2030 unchanged flat
192 Andorra 0.9812 2030 down 18.0% falling
193 Korea 0.9313 2030 down 17.1% falling
194 Japan 0.834 2030 down 3.3% flat
195 Estonia 0.8 2030 down 11.5% falling
195 Latvia 0.8 2030 down 26.9% falling
195 North Macedonia 0.8 2030 down 4.9% flat
195 Montenegro 0.8 2030 unchanged flat
199 Belarus 0.741 2030 unchanged flat
200 San Marino 0.5443 2030 unchanged flat

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 mortality rate - Current trends maintained (projection)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
212 places, 1,272 data points, 2025–2030
Last refreshed