What is neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay?

Neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay was 0.8589 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 Paraguay?

The highest recorded value was 3.12 deaths per 100 live births in 1967.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Paraguay?

The lowest recorded value was 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Paraguay rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Paraguay ranks 97th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Paraguay?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Paraguay 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 Paraguay

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay
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)

Paraguay: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.8589 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.5%

World rank

97th

of 199 countries

All-time high

3.12 deaths per 100 live births

in 1967

All-time low

0.8589 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1967–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay, 1967–2024

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 Paraguay stood at 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 58 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay peaked at 3.12 deaths per 100 live births in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Paraguay ranks 97th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	3.11 deaths per 100 live births	3.09 deaths per 100 live births	3.12 deaths per 100 live births	3
1970s	2.89 deaths per 100 live births	2.69 deaths per 100 live births	3.07 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	2.44 deaths per 100 live births	2.25 deaths per 100 live births	2.64 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	2.02 deaths per 100 live births	1.83 deaths per 100 live births	2.21 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	1.41 deaths per 100 live births	1.8 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	1.02 deaths per 100 live births	1.37 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.9209 deaths per 100 live births	0.8589 deaths per 100 live births	0.9839 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Paraguay

94 West Bank and Gaza 0.8899 deaths per 100 live births compare
95 Viet Nam 0.8842 deaths per 100 live births compare
96 Tuvalu 0.8692 deaths per 100 live births compare
98 Honduras 0.8399 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

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Paraguay

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,098 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 339 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 59,968 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 58,050 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 59,119 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 57,141 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 58,301 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 56,298 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay?: Neonatal mortality rate in Paraguay was 0.8589 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 Paraguay?: The highest recorded value was 3.12 deaths per 100 live births in 1967.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Paraguay?: The lowest recorded value was 0.8589 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Paraguay rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Paraguay ranks 97th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Paraguay?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Paraguay 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 .