What is neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius?

Neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius was 0.9591 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 Mauritius?

The highest recorded value was 2.96 deaths per 100 live births in 1969.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Mauritius?

The lowest recorded value was 0.9059 deaths per 100 live births in 2015.

How does Mauritius rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Mauritius ranks 84th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Mauritius?

Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Mauritius 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 Mauritius

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius
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)

Mauritius: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.9591 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.9591 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

84th

of 199 countries

All-time high

2.96 deaths per 100 live births

in 1969

All-time low

0.9059 deaths per 100 live births

in 2015

Years of data

1969–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius, 1969–2024

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 Mauritius stood at 0.9591 deaths per 100 live births.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius peaked at 2.96 deaths per 100 live births in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0.9059 deaths per 100 live births, in 2015.

That places Mauritius 84th 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 56 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	1
1970s	2.57 deaths per 100 live births	2.05 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	1.75 deaths per 100 live births	1.57 deaths per 100 live births	1.98 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	1.46 deaths per 100 live births	1.37 deaths per 100 live births	1.55 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.04 deaths per 100 live births	0.9514 deaths per 100 live births	1.24 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.938 deaths per 100 live births	0.9059 deaths per 100 live births	0.986 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.9684 deaths per 100 live births	0.9521 deaths per 100 live births	0.9905 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Mauritius

81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9996 deaths per 100 live births compare
82 Suriname 0.9667 deaths per 100 live births compare
83 Morocco 0.9642 deaths per 100 live births compare
85 Cambodia 0.9525 deaths per 100 live births compare
86 Syria 0.9508 deaths per 100 live births compare
87 Guatemala 0.9453 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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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 25, male, interpolated 9,464 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 9,052 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 9,377 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 9,068 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 9,368 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 9,156 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius?: Neonatal mortality rate in Mauritius was 0.9591 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 Mauritius?: The highest recorded value was 2.96 deaths per 100 live births in 1969.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Mauritius?: The lowest recorded value was 0.9059 deaths per 100 live births in 2015.
How does Mauritius rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Mauritius ranks 84th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Mauritius?: Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritius 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: 07 August 2026

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