Neonatal mortality rate in Fiji
Fiji: Neonatal mortality rate was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▲ Rising
Neonatal mortality rate in Fiji, 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
In 2024, neonatal mortality rate in Fiji stood at 1.5 deaths per 100 live births.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 82.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Fiji peaked at 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8118 deaths per 100 live births, in 2013.
Fiji ranks 61st of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9962 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9393 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9367 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8118 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 58 Guyana 1.53 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 59 Nepal 1.53 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 60 Venezuela 1.5 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 62 Algeria 1.5 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 63 Egypt 1.39 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 64 Jamaica 1.37 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Fiji
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,339 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 77 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 25, male, interpolated 7,091 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 7,177 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 7,135 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 7,244 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 7,282 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 7,409 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate in Fiji?
- Neonatal mortality rate in Fiji was 1.5 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5 deaths per 100 live births in 2023.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8118 deaths per 100 live births in 2013.
- How does Fiji rank for neonatal mortality rate?
- Fiji ranks 61st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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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The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .