Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) by country

Countries reporting
199
Highest
39.47
South Sudan, Republic of
Lowest
0.5443
San Marino, Republic of
Median
8.04
Years covered
74
1951–2024
Data points
10,798

What the numbers show

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 39.47 in South Sudan, Republic of; the lowest is 0.5443 in San Marino, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.04, and the mean is 11.31.

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

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 87.3%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia, Republic of (down 86.6%).

Neonatal mortality rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Sudan, Republic of 39.47 2024 down 3.3% falling
1 Niue 12.43 2024 down 27.4% flat
2 Nigeria 39.05 2024 up 3.4% falling
3 Pakistan 36.1 2024 down 21.2% falling
3 Cook Islands 7.03 2024 down 0.1% falling
4 Somalia 34.24 2024 down 16.5% falling
4 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 3.3 2024 down 28.3% falling
5 Zimbabwe 33.68 2024 up 25.4% falling
5 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 2.95 2024 down 27.5% falling
6 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 33.14 2024 down 22.4% falling
7 Liberia 32.94 2024 down 3.5% falling
8 Niger 32.75 2024 down 4.7% falling
9 Guinea-Bissau 31.98 2024 down 20.4% falling
10 Dominica 31.07 2024 up 28.0% rising
11 Chad 30.39 2024 down 15.4% falling
12 Central African Republic 29.93 2024 down 15.4% falling
13 Guinea 29.8 2024 down 12.7% falling
14 Lesotho, Kingdom of 28.49 2024 down 17.8% falling
15 Sierra Leone 28.26 2024 down 18.5% falling
16 Mali 27.99 2024 down 22.5% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 27.4 2024 down 16.5% falling
18 Benin 27.18 2024 down 14.6% falling
19 Djibouti 27.07 2024 down 20.3% falling
20 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 26.29 2024 down 18.0% falling
21 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 25.23 2024 down 24.1% falling
22 Mozambique, Republic of 25.08 2024 down 5.9% falling
23 Eswatini, Kingdom of 25 2024 down 5.5% rising
24 Cameroon 24.76 2024 down 17.4% falling
25 Burkina Faso 23.75 2024 down 17.0% falling
26 Sudan 23.71 2024 down 17.5% falling
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.62 2024 down 2.5% falling
28 Malawi 23.6 2024 down 3.1% falling
29 Madagascar, Republic of 23.06 2024 down 3.1% falling
30 Gambia, The 22.95 2024 down 22.9% falling
31 Haiti 22.63 2024 down 16.5% falling
32 Togo 22.59 2024 down 17.0% falling
33 Turkmenistan 22.34 2024 down 4.3% falling
34 Comoros, Union of the 22.14 2024 down 17.3% falling
35 Kiribati 21.71 2024 down 6.6% falling
36 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 21.61 2024 down 14.8% falling
37 Zambia 21.44 2024 down 9.4% falling
38 Namibia 21.38 2024 down 12.1% falling
39 Uganda 21.34 2024 down 10.3% falling
40 Dominican Republic 21.24 2024 down 12.6% falling
41 Senegal 20.94 2024 down 17.7% falling
42 Yemen, Republic of 20.89 2024 down 14.9% falling
43 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 20.82 2024 down 20.4% falling
44 Kenya 20.7 2024 down 11.2% falling
45 Papua New Guinea 20.07 2024 down 18.3% falling
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.9 2024 down 15.5% falling
47 Myanmar 19.6 2024 down 21.6% falling
48 Burundi 19.07 2024 down 21.3% falling
49 Angola 18.12 2024 down 16.0% falling
50 Ghana 18.07 2024 down 28.3% falling
51 Bangladesh 17.91 2024 down 27.2% falling
52 Botswana 17.64 2024 down 22.1% falling
53 Rwanda 17.35 2024 down 14.7% falling
54 India 16.66 2024 down 38.5% falling
55 Congo, Republic of 16.53 2024 down 17.9% falling
56 Gabon 16.34 2024 down 24.5% falling
57 Eritrea, The State of 15.62 2024 down 21.2% falling
58 Guyana 15.28 2024 down 27.1% falling
59 Nepal 15.27 2024 down 35.9% falling
60 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 15.02 2024 up 30.7% rising
61 Fiji, Republic of 14.99 2024 up 82.7% rising
62 Algeria 14.96 2024 down 4.3% volatile
63 Egypt, Arab Republic of 13.86 2024 down 10.3% volatile
64 Jamaica 13.65 2024 down 5.9% falling
65 Philippines 13.61 2024 up 1.5% falling
66 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13.12 2024 down 33.4% falling
67 Trinidad and Tobago 12.64 2024 down 19.9% falling
68 Iraq 12.46 2024 down 27.9% falling
69 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 12.45 2024 down 27.0% falling
70 South Africa 12.44 2024 up 5.9% falling
71 Azerbaijan, Republic of 12.43 2024 down 25.7% falling
72 Moldova, Republic of 12.33 2024 up 4.4% falling
73 Grenada 12.3 2024 up 10.4% rising
74 Micronesia, Federated States of 11.62 2024 down 28.2% falling
75 St. Lucia 11.25 2024 down 17.3% falling
76 Palau, Republic of 11.22 2024 up 2.8% falling
77 Tajikistan, Republic of 11.1 2024 down 19.2% falling
78 Kyrgyz Republic 10.79 2024 down 23.7% falling
79 Lebanon 10.46 2024 up 38.4% volatile
80 St. Kitts and Nevis 10 2024 down 18.3% falling
81 Morocco 9.64 2024 down 35.7% falling
82 Mauritius 9.59 2024 up 4.3% falling
83 Cambodia 9.53 2024 down 42.6% falling
84 Syrian Arab Republic 9.51 2024 down 8.9% falling
85 Guatemala 9.45 2024 down 30.0% volatile
86 Belize 9.21 2024 down 14.5% falling
87 Indonesia 9.16 2024 down 34.7% volatile
88 Bahamas, The 8.99 2024 up 7.3% falling
89 Vanuatu 8.98 2024 down 16.2% falling
90 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8.95 2024 down 22.9% falling
91 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 8.94 2024 down 26.2% falling
92 Palestine 8.9 2024 down 25.4% falling
93 Vietnam 8.84 2024 down 21.4% falling
94 Tuvalu 8.69 2024 down 31.2% falling
95 Paraguay 8.59 2024 down 28.9% falling
96 Honduras 8.4 2024 down 29.3% falling
97 Seychelles 8.34 2024 down 5.5% falling
98 Mexico 8.23 2024 down 3.0% volatile
99 Cabo Verde 8.04 2024 down 39.4% falling
100 Solomon Islands 8 2024 down 21.7% falling
101 Tunisia 7.75 2024 down 35.8% volatile
102 Uzbekistan, Republic of 7.65 2024 down 34.9% falling
103 Jordan 7.41 2024 down 26.0% volatile
104 Bolivia 7.34 2024 down 46.6% volatile
105 Bhutan 7.31 2024 down 52.2% falling
106 Costa Rica 7.3 2024 up 16.5% volatile
107 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.2 2024 down 31.2% falling
108 Mongolia 7.16 2024 down 27.1% falling
109 Brazil 7.12 2024 down 26.7% volatile
110 Ecuador 6.99 2024 down 7.1% volatile
111 Albania 6.74 2024 up 14.3% falling
112 Barbados 6.63 2024 down 26.0% falling
113 Kosovo 6.56 2024 down 39.7% volatile
114 Peru 6.52 2024 down 22.4% volatile
115 British Virgin Islands 6.44 2024 down 22.2% falling
116 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 6.4 2024 down 46.2% falling
117 Colombia 6.26 2024 down 28.3% volatile
118 Samoa 5.84 2024 down 20.9% falling
119 Oman 5.78 2024 up 3.9% volatile
120 Brunei Darussalam 5.68 2024 up 13.1% flat
121 Nicaragua 5.31 2024 down 52.4% falling
122 Panama 5.3 2024 down 27.6% volatile
123 Libya 5.2 2024 down 29.4% volatile
124 Antigua and Barbuda 5.2 2024 down 21.8% falling
125 Thailand 5.11 2024 down 25.2% volatile
126 Argentina 5.07 2024 down 28.4% falling
127 Armenia, Republic of 5.06 2024 down 37.5% falling
128 Georgia 4.95 2024 down 32.8% falling
129 Chile 4.68 2024 down 10.7% volatile
130 Türkiye, Republic of 4.63 2024 down 31.2% volatile
131 Ukraine 4.55 2024 down 21.1% falling
132 Naoero, Republic of 4.47 2024 down 57.3% falling
133 Bahrain, Kingdom of 4.44 2024 up 35.5% volatile
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.43 2024 down 7.1% falling
135 Kuwait 4.42 2024 down 11.6% falling
136 El Salvador 4.34 2024 down 35.7% volatile
137 Malaysia 4.27 2024 up 3.1% volatile
138 Cuba 4.26 2024 up 65.4% volatile
139 Tonga 4.15 2024 down 20.3% falling
140 Uruguay 4.05 2024 down 19.5% volatile
141 Sri Lanka 3.96 2024 down 29.2% volatile
142 Kazakhstan, Republic of 3.94 2024 down 36.6% falling
143 Qatar 3.81 2024 down 2.6% falling
144 Maldives 3.67 2024 down 38.3% volatile
145 United States 3.65 2024 down 7.8% volatile
146 Romania 3.62 2024 down 21.7% volatile
147 Malta 3.57 2024 down 20.2% volatile
148 Canada 3.39 2024 down 5.7% volatile
149 Slovak Republic 3.27 2024 up 5.0% volatile
150 United Kingdom 3.04 2024 up 14.9% volatile
151 Serbia, Republic of 2.97 2024 down 29.3% volatile
152 Saudi Arabia 2.86 2024 down 41.1% volatile
153 France 2.84 2024 up 19.3% volatile
154 Switzerland 2.77 2024 down 7.6% volatile
155 Croatia, Republic of 2.75 2024 down 12.9% volatile
156 Cyprus 2.71 2024 up 87.3% volatile
157 Denmark 2.7 2024 down 6.9% volatile
158 New Zealand 2.67 2024 down 18.9% volatile
159 Netherlands, The 2.62 2024 down 1.5% volatile
160 China, People's Republic of 2.59 2024 down 55.4% volatile
161 Ireland 2.58 2024 up 5.3% volatile
162 Bulgaria 2.58 2024 down 39.5% falling
163 Poland, Republic of 2.47 2024 down 17.1% volatile
164 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.42 2024 down 27.7% falling
165 United Arab Emirates 2.36 2024 down 42.6% volatile
166 Germany 2.3 2024 up 0.3% volatile
167 Australia 2.28 2024 down 4.5% volatile
168 Belgium 2.22 2024 down 2.7% volatile
169 Austria 2.18 2024 down 5.3% volatile
170 Greece 2.18 2024 down 14.2% volatile
171 Hungary 2.06 2024 down 28.1% volatile
172 Russian Federation 2 2024 down 55.3% falling
173 Lithuania, Republic of 1.87 2024 down 23.5% volatile
174 Italy 1.8 2024 down 17.7% volatile
175 Spain 1.73 2024 down 13.1% volatile
176 Israel 1.71 2024 down 20.3% volatile
177 Portugal 1.7 2024 down 19.5% volatile
178 Luxembourg 1.46 2024 down 3.3% volatile
179 Iceland 1.42 2024 up 9.8% volatile
180 Norway 1.42 2024 down 13.4% volatile
181 Sweden 1.42 2024 down 10.4% volatile
182 Czech Republic 1.41 2024 down 10.8% volatile
183 Monaco 1.4 2024 down 28.3% falling
184 Finland 1.36 2024 down 3.1% volatile
185 Slovenia, Republic of 1.28 2024 down 18.1% volatile
186 Andorra, Principality of 1.25 2024 down 33.1% volatile
187 Latvia, Republic of 1.2 2024 down 59.5% falling
188 Korea, Republic of 1.17 2024 down 29.9% volatile
189 Singapore 1.08 2024 up 0.1% volatile
190 North Macedonia, Republic of 1.05 2024 down 86.6% volatile
191 Estonia, Republic of 0.9462 2024 down 37.9% volatile
192 Japan 0.8678 2024 down 9.0% volatile
193 Montenegro 0.8394 2024 down 68.8% volatile
194 Belarus, Republic of 0.741 2024 down 54.9% volatile
195 San Marino, Republic of 0.5443 2024 down 38.8% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
211 places, 10,798 data points, 1951–2024
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