Neonatal mortality rate by country
The share of newborns who die before reaching 28 days of age.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
4.02 Deaths per 1000 live births
South Sudan
Lowest
0.0618 Deaths per 1000 live births
San Marino
Median
0.8709 Deaths per 1000 live births
Years covered
73
1951–2023
Data points
10,174
What the numbers show
Neonatal mortality rate is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 4.02 Deaths per 1000 live births in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.0618 Deaths per 1000 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8709 Deaths per 1000 live births, and the mean is 1.18 Deaths per 1000 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 180 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 83.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 80.8%).
Neonatal mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 4.02 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3.76 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 3.49 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 3.43 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 3.38 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 3.37 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.27 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 3.24 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 9 | Chad | 3.14 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 10 | Dominica | 3.08 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 3.07 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea | 3.03 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 13 | Liberia | 2.96 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 2.93 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 2.87 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.82 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 17 | Djibouti | 2.82 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 2.8 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 2.74 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.72 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 21 | Angola | 2.56 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 2.54 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.53 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 2.52 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 2.48 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 2.45 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 27 | Eswatini | 2.45 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Namibia | 2.41 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 2.38 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 30 | Gambia | 2.37 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 31 | Haiti | 2.33 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 32 | Togo | 2.31 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 2.28 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 2.25 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 35 | Kiribati | 2.24 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 2.24 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 2.23 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 38 | East Timor | 2.22 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 2.2 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 2.17 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kenya | 2.15 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 2.15 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Yemen | 2.14 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 44 | Ghana | 2.12 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 45 | Botswana | 2.09 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 2.06 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania | 2.06 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 2.05 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 2 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 50 | Burundi | 1.96 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 51 | Malawi | 1.88 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 1.81 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 1.79 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 54 | Uganda | 1.79 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 55 | Congo | 1.77 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 56 | India | 1.73 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 57 | Gabon | 1.68 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 58 | Nepal | 1.66 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 59 | Eritrea | 1.64 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 60 | Guyana | 1.56 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 61 | Algeria | 1.53 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Venezuela | 1.5 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 63 | Fiji | 1.49 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 83.6% | flat |
| 64 | Jamaica | 1.45 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 1.4 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 66 | Marshall Islands | 1.3 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.29 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 1.29 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 1.28 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 70 | Bhutan | 1.27 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 1.26 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 72 | Niue | 1.26 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.7% | flat |
| 73 | Grenada | 1.24 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 74 | Bolivia | 1.22 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 75 | Micronesia (country) | 1.21 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 76 | Cambodia | 1.18 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 77 | Palau | 1.17 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 78 | South Africa | 1.17 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 79 | Lebanon | 1.11 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.08 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 81 | Moldova | 1.08 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 82 | Indonesia | 1.05 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.03 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 84 | Vietnam | 1.03 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 85 | Morocco | 1.02 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 1 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 87 | Syria | 1 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 88 | Guatemala | 1 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 89 | Suriname | 0.9935 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 90 | North Korea | 0.9631 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Belize | 0.9286 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 92 | Egypt | 0.9252 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 0.9153 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 94 | Paraguay | 0.9082 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 0.9047 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 0.9005 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 0.8828 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 0.8716 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 99 | Palestine | 0.8702 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 100 | Seychelles | 0.851 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.841 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 0.8362 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 0.8323 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 0.8313 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 0.776 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0.7618 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 107 | Brazil | 0.761 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Mexico | 0.7594 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Jordan | 0.7561 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.7443 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 111 | Iran | 0.7402 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0.7198 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Cook Islands | 0.7188 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 114 | Ecuador | 0.7098 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 0.6871 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 116 | Albania | 0.6859 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.676 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 118 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6634 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 119 | Panama | 0.6606 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.6545 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Samoa | 0.6173 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5786 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 123 | Libya | 0.5715 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5387 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 125 | Georgia | 0.532 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.5283 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 127 | Thailand | 0.5202 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.5002 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 129 | Brunei | 0.4934 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | Turkey | 0.4856 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.4836 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 132 | Nauru | 0.4808 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 0.4705 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Ukraine | 0.4701 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 135 | Chile | 0.4632 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4504 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 137 | El Salvador | 0.4419 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahrain | 0.4404 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Tonga | 0.4337 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 0.4292 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 141 | Cuba | 0.4153 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 0.4107 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Uruguay | 0.4106 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Malaysia | 0.4074 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.3859 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Qatar | 0.3725 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 148 | Canada | 0.3388 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Montserrat | 0.3383 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 150 | United States | 0.3366 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Romania | 0.3337 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Serbia | 0.3172 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Slovakia | 0.3044 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Anguilla | 0.301 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 155 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2965 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2935 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 157 | China | 0.2826 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Switzerland | 0.2823 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Croatia | 0.2805 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 160 | France | 0.2747 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 161 | New Zealand | 0.2704 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 162 | United Kingdom | 0.2681 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Netherlands | 0.2601 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Bulgaria | 0.259 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2484 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Poland | 0.2358 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Australia | 0.2311 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 0.2282 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Greece | 0.2267 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Hungary | 0.211 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Belgium | 0.2099 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Austria | 0.1997 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Lithuania | 0.1949 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Cyprus | 0.1948 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 176 | Denmark | 0.1751 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Israel | 0.1738 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Russia | 0.1718 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 179 | Spain | 0.1699 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Italy | 0.1622 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Portugal | 0.1597 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Latvia | 0.1503 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 184 | Monaco | 0.1452 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.141 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Sweden | 0.1409 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Finland | 0.132 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Norway | 0.1311 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Iceland | 0.131 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Czechia | 0.1305 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Andorra | 0.1301 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Slovenia | 0.1301 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 193 | South Korea | 0.1171 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | 0.0992 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Estonia | 0.0985 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Singapore | 0.0898 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Japan | 0.0804 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Belarus | 0.0772 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.0618 Deaths per 1000 live births | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
About this data
The share of newborns who die before reaching 28 days of age.