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Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) in Cook Islands

Cook Islands: Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) was 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.7033 deaths per 100 live births
Change on year
down 2.4%
World rank
112th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.28 deaths per 100 live births
in 1989
All-time low
0.6834 deaths per 100 live births
in 2011
Years of data
36
1989–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Cook Islands, 1989–2024

00.511.51989200620241989: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1990: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1991: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1992: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1993: 1.3 deaths per 100 live births1994: 1.2 deaths per 100 live births1995: 1.2 deaths per 100 live births1996: 1.2 deaths per 100 live births1997: 1.1 deaths per 100 live births1998: 1.1 deaths per 100 live births1999: 1 deaths per 100 live births2000: 1 deaths per 100 live births2001: 0.961 deaths per 100 live births2002: 0.923 deaths per 100 live births2003: 0.885 deaths per 100 live births2004: 0.849 deaths per 100 live births2005: 0.812 deaths per 100 live births2006: 0.777 deaths per 100 live births2007: 0.746 deaths per 100 live births2008: 0.719 deaths per 100 live births2009: 0.7 deaths per 100 live births2010: 0.688 deaths per 100 live births2011: 0.683 deaths per 100 live births2012: 0.685 deaths per 100 live births2013: 0.692 deaths per 100 live births2014: 0.704 deaths per 100 live births2015: 0.717 deaths per 100 live births2016: 0.731 deaths per 100 live births2017: 0.744 deaths per 100 live births2018: 0.754 deaths per 100 live births2019: 0.758 deaths per 100 live births2020: 0.757 deaths per 100 live births2021: 0.748 deaths per 100 live births2022: 0.735 deaths per 100 live births2023: 0.72 deaths per 100 live births2024: 0.703 deaths per 100 live births

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

In 2024, neonatal mortality rate in Cook Islands stood at 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births.

That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Cook Islands peaked at 1.28 deaths per 100 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.6834 deaths per 100 live births, in 2011.

Cook Islands ranks 112th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Neonatal mortality rate (United Nations) in Cook Islands, year by year

Year deaths per 100 live births Change
1989 1.28 deaths per 100 live births —
1990 1.28 deaths per 100 live births -0.2%
1991 1.28 deaths per 100 live births -0.2%
1992 1.27 deaths per 100 live births -0.5%
1993 1.26 deaths per 100 live births -0.8%
1994 1.25 deaths per 100 live births -1.5%
1995 1.22 deaths per 100 live births -2.0%
1996 1.18 deaths per 100 live births -3.0%
1997 1.14 deaths per 100 live births -3.7%
1998 1.09 deaths per 100 live births -4.4%
1999 1.04 deaths per 100 live births -4.3%
2000 1 deaths per 100 live births -4.1%
2001 0.9609 deaths per 100 live births -4.0%
2002 0.9227 deaths per 100 live births -4.0%
2003 0.8852 deaths per 100 live births -4.1%
2004 0.849 deaths per 100 live births -4.1%
2005 0.8123 deaths per 100 live births -4.3%
2006 0.7775 deaths per 100 live births -4.3%
2007 0.7456 deaths per 100 live births -4.1%
2008 0.7188 deaths per 100 live births -3.6%
2009 0.7002 deaths per 100 live births -2.6%
2010 0.6882 deaths per 100 live births -1.7%
2011 0.6834 deaths per 100 live births -0.7%
2012 0.6852 deaths per 100 live births +0.3%
2013 0.6921 deaths per 100 live births +1.0%
2014 0.7041 deaths per 100 live births +1.7%
2015 0.7166 deaths per 100 live births +1.8%
2016 0.7306 deaths per 100 live births +1.9%
2017 0.7436 deaths per 100 live births +1.8%
2018 0.7535 deaths per 100 live births +1.3%
2019 0.7584 deaths per 100 live births +0.6%
2020 0.7567 deaths per 100 live births -0.2%
2021 0.7476 deaths per 100 live births -1.2%
2022 0.7355 deaths per 100 live births -1.6%
2023 0.7204 deaths per 100 live births -2.0%
2024 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births -2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 1.28 deaths per 100 live births 1.28 deaths per 100 live births 1.28 deaths per 100 live births 1
1990s 1.2 deaths per 100 live births 1.04 deaths per 100 live births 1.28 deaths per 100 live births 10
2000s 0.8373 deaths per 100 live births 0.7002 deaths per 100 live births 1 deaths per 100 live births 10
2010s 0.7156 deaths per 100 live births 0.6834 deaths per 100 live births 0.7584 deaths per 100 live births 10
2020s 0.7327 deaths per 100 live births 0.7033 deaths per 100 live births 0.7567 deaths per 100 live births 5

Countries ranked near Cook Islands

  1. 109 Iran 0.7202 deaths per 100 live births compare
  2. 110 Mongolia 0.716 deaths per 100 live births compare
  3. 111 Brazil 0.7125 deaths per 100 live births compare
  4. 113 Ecuador 0.6994 deaths per 100 live births compare
  5. 114 Albania 0.6735 deaths per 100 live births compare
  6. 115 Barbados 0.6629 deaths per 100 live births compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Cook Islands?
Neonatal mortality rate in Cook Islands was 0.7033 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 Cook Islands?
The highest recorded value was 1.28 deaths per 100 live births in 1989.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Cook Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6834 deaths per 100 live births in 2011.
How does Cook Islands rank for neonatal mortality rate?
Cook Islands ranks 112th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Cook Islands?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cook Islands 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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Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .