What is neonatal mortality rate in Honduras?

Neonatal mortality rate in Honduras was 0.8399 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 Honduras?

The highest recorded value was 3.8 deaths per 100 live births in 1972.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Honduras?

The lowest recorded value was 0.8399 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Honduras rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Honduras ranks 98th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Honduras?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Honduras 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.

Neonatal mortality rate in Honduras

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Honduras
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Honduras: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.8399 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.8399 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.1%

World rank

98th

of 199 countries

All-time high

3.8 deaths per 100 live births

in 1972

All-time low

0.8399 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1972–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Honduras, 1972–2024

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 Honduras stood at 0.8399 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 53 years on record.

The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Honduras peaked at 3.8 deaths per 100 live births in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.8399 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Honduras 98th 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 53 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	3.49 deaths per 100 live births	3.19 deaths per 100 live births	3.8 deaths per 100 live births	8
1980s	2.71 deaths per 100 live births	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	3.11 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	1.98 deaths per 100 live births	1.83 deaths per 100 live births	2.21 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.58 deaths per 100 live births	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	1.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.995 deaths per 100 live births	1.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.8983 deaths per 100 live births	0.8399 deaths per 100 live births	0.9609 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Honduras

95 Vietnam 0.8842 deaths per 100 live births compare
96 Tuvalu 0.8692 deaths per 100 live births compare
97 Paraguay 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births compare
99 Seychelles 0.8342 deaths per 100 live births compare
100 Mexico 0.8233 deaths per 100 live births compare
101 Cape Verde 0.8036 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Honduras

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,052 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 521 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 106,285 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 102,240 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 107,879 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 103,616 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 108,414 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 103,953 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Honduras?: Neonatal mortality rate in Honduras was 0.8399 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 Honduras?: The highest recorded value was 3.8 deaths per 100 live births in 1972.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Honduras?: The lowest recorded value was 0.8399 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Honduras rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Honduras ranks 98th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Honduras?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Honduras 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

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: 07 August 2026

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