Neonatal mortality rate gho by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
4.02
South Sudan
Lowest
0.0618
San Marino
Median
0.851
Years covered
73
1951–2023
Data points
10,174
What the numbers show
Neonatal mortality rate gho is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 4.02 in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.0618 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.851, and the mean is 1.16.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 181 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 83.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 80.8%).
Neonatal mortality rate gho: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 4.02 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3.76 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 3.49 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 3.43 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 3.38 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 3.37 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.27 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 3.24 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 9 | Chad | 3.14 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 10 | Dominica | 3.08 | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 3.07 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea | 3.03 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 13 | Liberia | 2.96 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 2.93 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 2.87 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.82 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 17 | Djibouti | 2.82 | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 2.8 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 2.74 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.72 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 21 | Angola | 2.56 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 2.54 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.53 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 2.52 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 2.48 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 2.45 | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 27 | Eswatini | 2.45 | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Namibia | 2.41 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 2.38 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 30 | Gambia | 2.37 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 31 | Haiti | 2.33 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 32 | Togo | 2.31 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 2.28 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 2.25 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 35 | Kiribati | 2.24 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 2.24 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 2.23 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 38 | East Timor | 2.22 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 2.2 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 2.17 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kenya | 2.15 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 2.15 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Yemen | 2.14 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 44 | Ghana | 2.12 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 45 | Botswana | 2.09 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 2.06 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania | 2.06 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 2.05 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 2 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 50 | Burundi | 1.96 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 51 | Malawi | 1.88 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 1.81 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 1.79 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 54 | Uganda | 1.79 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 55 | Congo | 1.77 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 56 | India | 1.73 | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 57 | Gabon | 1.68 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 58 | Nepal | 1.66 | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 59 | Eritrea | 1.64 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 1.56 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 61 | Algeria | 1.53 | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Venezuela | 1.5 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 63 | Fiji | 1.49 | 2023 | up 83.6% | flat |
| 64 | Jamaica | 1.45 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 1.4 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 66 | Marshall Islands | 1.3 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.29 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 1.29 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 1.28 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 70 | Bhutan | 1.27 | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 1.26 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 72 | Niue | 1.26 | 2023 | down 27.7% | flat |
| 73 | Grenada | 1.24 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | Bolivia | 1.22 | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 75 | Micronesia (country) | 1.21 | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 76 | Cambodia | 1.18 | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 77 | Palau | 1.17 | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 78 | South Africa | 1.17 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 79 | Lebanon | 1.11 | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.08 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 81 | Moldova | 1.08 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 82 | Indonesia | 1.05 | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.03 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 84 | Vietnam | 1.03 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 85 | Morocco | 1.02 | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 87 | Syria | 1 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 88 | Guatemala | 1 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 89 | Suriname | 0.9935 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 90 | North Korea | 0.9631 | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Belize | 0.9286 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 92 | Egypt | 0.9252 | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 0.9153 | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 94 | Paraguay | 0.9082 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 0.9047 | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 0.9005 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 0.8828 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 0.8716 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 99 | Palestine | 0.8702 | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 100 | Seychelles | 0.851 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.841 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 0.8362 | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 0.8323 | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 0.8313 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 0.776 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0.7618 | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 107 | Brazil | 0.761 | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Mexico | 0.7594 | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Jordan | 0.7561 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.7443 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 111 | Iran | 0.7402 | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0.7198 | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Cook Islands | 0.7188 | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 114 | Ecuador | 0.7098 | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 0.6871 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 116 | Albania | 0.6859 | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.676 | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 118 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6634 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 119 | Panama | 0.6606 | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.6545 | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Samoa | 0.6173 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5786 | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 123 | Libya | 0.5715 | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5387 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 0.532 | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.5283 | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 127 | Thailand | 0.5202 | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.5002 | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 129 | Brunei | 0.4934 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | Turkey | 0.4856 | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.4836 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 132 | Nauru | 0.4808 | 2023 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 0.4705 | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Ukraine | 0.4701 | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 135 | Chile | 0.4632 | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4504 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 137 | El Salvador | 0.4419 | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahrain | 0.4404 | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Tonga | 0.4337 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 0.4292 | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 141 | Cuba | 0.4153 | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 0.4107 | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Uruguay | 0.4106 | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.4074 | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.3859 | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Qatar | 0.3725 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 147 | Malta | 0.3677 | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Canada | 0.3388 | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Montserrat | 0.3383 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 150 | United States | 0.3366 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Romania | 0.3337 | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Serbia | 0.3172 | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Slovakia | 0.3044 | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Anguilla | 0.301 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 155 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2965 | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2935 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 157 | China | 0.2826 | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.2823 | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Croatia | 0.2805 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 160 | France | 0.2747 | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 161 | New Zealand | 0.2704 | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 162 | United Kingdom | 0.2681 | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Netherlands | 0.2601 | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Bulgaria | 0.259 | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 165 | Ireland | 0.2525 | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2484 | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Poland | 0.2358 | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Australia | 0.2311 | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0.2282 | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Greece | 0.2267 | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Hungary | 0.211 | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Belgium | 0.2099 | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Austria | 0.1997 | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Lithuania | 0.1949 | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Cyprus | 0.1948 | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 176 | Denmark | 0.1751 | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Israel | 0.1738 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Russia | 0.1718 | 2023 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 179 | Spain | 0.1699 | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 0.1648 | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Italy | 0.1622 | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Portugal | 0.1597 | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Latvia | 0.1503 | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 184 | Monaco | 0.1452 | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.141 | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Sweden | 0.1409 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Finland | 0.132 | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Norway | 0.1311 | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Iceland | 0.131 | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Czechia | 0.1305 | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Andorra | 0.1301 | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Slovenia | 0.1301 | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 193 | South Korea | 0.1171 | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | 0.0992 | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Estonia | 0.0985 | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Singapore | 0.0898 | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Japan | 0.0804 | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Belarus | 0.0772 | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.0618 | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |