Neonatal mortality rate in Bhutan
Bhutan: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.7309 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate in Bhutan, 1989–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neonatal mortality rate in Bhutan is 0.7309 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Bhutan peaked at 4.33 deaths per 100 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.7309 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Bhutan 107th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.33 deaths per 100 live births | 4.33 deaths per 100 live births | 4.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1 |
| 1990s | 3.73 deaths per 100 live births | 3.21 deaths per 100 live births | 4.23 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 3.1 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8173 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7309 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9238 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 104 Uzbekistan 0.765 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 105 Jordan 0.7414 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 106 Bolivia 0.7341 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 108 Costa Rica 0.7303 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 109 Iran 0.7202 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 110 Mongolia 0.716 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Bhutan
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,531 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 5,563 (2025)
- Population, male 53.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 4,611 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 4,814 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 4,815 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 5,026 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate in Bhutan?
- Neonatal mortality rate in Bhutan was 0.7309 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.33 deaths per 100 live births in 1989.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7309 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for neonatal mortality rate?
- Bhutan ranks 107th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .