What is neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan?

Neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan was 0.3943 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 Kazakhstan?

The highest recorded value was 2.69 deaths per 100 live births in 1972.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Kazakhstan?

The lowest recorded value was 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Kazakhstan rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Kazakhstan ranks 144th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Kazakhstan?

Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan
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)

Kazakhstan: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.3943 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 8.3%

World rank

144th

of 199 countries

All-time high

2.69 deaths per 100 live births

in 1972

All-time low

0.3943 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1972–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan, 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

Kazakhstan recorded 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births for neonatal mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 53 years on record.

That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and down 36.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan peaked at 2.69 deaths per 100 live births in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Kazakhstan ranks 144th of 199 countries on this measure, 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	2.57 deaths per 100 live births	2.47 deaths per 100 live births	2.69 deaths per 100 live births	8
1980s	2.32 deaths per 100 live births	2.22 deaths per 100 live births	2.44 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	2.38 deaths per 100 live births	2.23 deaths per 100 live births	2.47 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.95 deaths per 100 live births	1.35 deaths per 100 live births	2.36 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.6888 deaths per 100 live births	0.4716 deaths per 100 live births	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.4486 deaths per 100 live births	0.3943 deaths per 100 live births	0.4782 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

141 Tonga 0.4146 deaths per 100 live births compare
142 Uruguay 0.4049 deaths per 100 live births compare
143 Sri Lanka 0.396 deaths per 100 live births compare
145 Qatar 0.3806 deaths per 100 live births compare
146 Maldives 0.367 deaths per 100 live births compare
147 United States 0.3652 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Kazakhstan

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 825.8 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 660 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 117,857 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 113,463 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 118,755 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 114,320 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 121,672 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 117,102 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan?: Neonatal mortality rate in Kazakhstan was 0.3943 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 Kazakhstan?: The highest recorded value was 2.69 deaths per 100 live births in 1972.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Kazakhstan?: The lowest recorded value was 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Kazakhstan rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Kazakhstan ranks 144th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Kazakhstan?: Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kazakhstan 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 .