Neonatal mortality rate in Ukraine
Ukraine: Neonatal mortality rate was 0.4548 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate in Ukraine, 1984–2024
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 Ukraine stood at 0.4548 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Ukraine peaked at 1.41 deaths per 100 live births in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.4548 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Ukraine 133rd 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 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | 6 |
| 1990s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8883 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7217 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5775 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4992 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6882 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4736 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4548 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4901 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 130 Georgia 0.4954 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 131 Chile 0.4678 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 132 Turkey 0.4631 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 134 Nauru 0.4471 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 135 Bahrain 0.4445 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4433 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Ukraine
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 2,126 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 81 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 23,669 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 23,669 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 201,368 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 197,178 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 196,520 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 191,870 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 195,295 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 189,771 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate in Ukraine?
- Neonatal mortality rate in Ukraine was 0.4548 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 deaths per 100 live births in 1984.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4548 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Ukraine rank for neonatal mortality rate?
- Ukraine ranks 133rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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 .