Number of neonatal deaths ihme by country

Countries reporting
204
Highest
557,579
India
Lowest
0
Monaco
Median
711.5
Years covered
70
1950–2019
Data points
14,280

What the numbers show

Number of neonatal deaths ihme is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 557,579 in India; the lowest is 0 in Monaco.

The median across all reporting countries is 711.5, and the mean is 11,873.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 184 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 23.5%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 100.0%).

Number of neonatal deaths ihme: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 557,579 2019 down 36.7% falling
1 Cook Islands 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
1 Niue 0 2019 volatile
1 Tokelau 0 2019 volatile
2 Nigeria 277,187 2019 down 6.2% rising
3 Pakistan 277,160 2019 down 14.7% rising
4 Ethiopia 97,920 2019 down 23.5% rising
5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 64,656 2019 down 26.8% rising
6 China 56,445 2019 down 48.1% volatile
7 Bangladesh 52,625 2019 down 46.6% falling
8 Indonesia 52,412 2019 down 42.1% falling
9 Tanzania, United Republic of 49,986 2019 down 6.2% rising
10 Uganda 40,778 2019 down 7.2% rising
11 Mali 38,037 2019 up 14.3% rising
12 Afghanistan 37,406 2019 up 4.7% rising
13 Brazil 31,559 2019 down 40.5% falling
14 Niger 30,566 2019 up 23.5% rising
15 Côte d'Ivoire 30,414 2019 down 17.5% rising
16 Mozambique 29,035 2019 down 10.1% rising
17 Philippines 27,404 2019 down 20.2% falling
18 Somalia 27,005 2019 up 11.1% rising
19 Burkina Faso 26,890 2019 up 13.0% rising
20 Kenya 26,413 2019 down 18.0% rising
21 Sudan 25,701 2019 down 31.5% rising
22 Chad 25,406 2019 up 18.8% rising
23 Angola 23,970 2019 down 13.9% rising
24 Myanmar 22,196 2019 down 36.5% falling
25 Cameroon 21,736 2019 down 12.5% rising
26 Yemen 21,585 2019 down 25.7% rising
27 South Africa 21,448 2019 down 29.5% rising
28 Ghana 19,832 2019 down 19.3% rising
29 Madagascar 19,820 2019 down 10.5% rising
30 Mexico 15,650 2019 down 37.3% falling
31 Benin 15,409 2019 up 5.3% rising
32 Guinea 14,637 2019 down 7.7% rising
33 United States of America 14,046 2019 down 18.3% volatile
34 Malawi 13,654 2019 down 18.4% rising
35 Zambia 13,071 2019 down 13.5% rising
36 South Sudan 12,029 2019 down 21.2% rising
37 Egypt 11,756 2019 down 60.3% falling
38 Nepal 11,717 2019 down 44.7% falling
39 Senegal 11,658 2019 down 16.1% rising
40 Burundi 11,191 2019 down 3.5% rising
41 Algeria 10,651 2019 down 29.0% falling
42 Zimbabwe 10,533 2019 down 14.3% rising
43 Haiti 9,810 2019 up 0.5% falling
44 Viet Nam 9,203 2019 down 44.8% falling
45 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9,145 2019 down 62.7% falling
46 Iraq 9,132 2019 down 43.3% flat
47 Türkiye 8,384 2019 down 41.1% volatile
48 Sierra Leone 8,028 2019 down 15.8% rising
49 Uzbekistan 7,901 2019 down 31.1% flat
50 Central African Republic 7,774 2019 down 10.4% rising
51 Rwanda 7,029 2019 down 20.1% falling
52 Morocco 6,757 2019 down 55.3% falling
53 Papua New Guinea 6,526 2019 up 14.2% rising
54 Cambodia 6,278 2019 down 29.2% falling
55 Togo 5,927 2019 down 21.0% rising
56 Colombia 5,414 2019 down 44.2% falling
57 Peru 5,014 2019 down 29.3% volatile
58 Russian Federation 4,985 2019 down 45.8% volatile
59 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4,841 2019 down 18.9% falling
60 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4,242 2019 down 32.9% falling
61 Argentina 4,123 2019 down 31.2% falling
62 Dominican Republic 3,914 2019 down 13.3% falling
63 Eritrea 3,867 2019 down 17.8% rising
64 Tajikistan 3,730 2019 down 13.3% flat
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,469 2019 down 33.0% falling
66 Guatemala 3,440 2019 down 21.5% falling
67 Liberia 3,216 2019 down 24.7% falling
68 Ecuador 2,723 2019 down 31.4% falling
69 Congo 2,678 2019 down 28.3% rising
70 Mauritania 2,610 2019 down 28.0% rising
71 Azerbaijan 2,586 2019 down 39.1% falling
72 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2,424 2019 down 57.9% volatile
73 Honduras 2,176 2019 down 25.0% falling
74 Jordan 2,127 2019 up 5.1% rising
75 Thailand 2,118 2019 down 46.7% volatile
76 Guinea-Bissau 1,978 2019 down 23.0% flat
77 Kazakhstan 1,969 2019 down 45.1% falling
78 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,919 2019 down 23.1% volatile
79 Malaysia 1,914 2019 down 14.9% volatile
80 Ukraine 1,724 2019 down 39.7% volatile
81 Syrian Arab Republic 1,590 2019 down 57.2% falling
82 Kyrgyzstan 1,562 2019 down 35.5% falling
83 Turkmenistan 1,512 2019 down 31.6% falling
84 France 1,478 2019 down 20.6% volatile
85 Germany 1,442 2019 down 9.1% volatile
86 Gambia 1,406 2019 down 24.9% rising
87 Lesotho 1,350 2019 down 27.8% rising
88 Sri Lanka 1,304 2019 down 48.4% volatile
89 Saudi Arabia 1,202 2019 down 57.0% falling
90 Tunisia 1,144 2019 down 50.6% volatile
91 Canada 1,113 2019 down 15.2% volatile
92 Namibia 1,019 2019 down 16.7% rising
93 Botswana 1,004 2019 down 14.0% rising
94 Chile 907 2019 down 32.4% volatile
95 Nicaragua 860 2019 down 35.4% falling
96 Palestine, State of 800 2019 down 51.6% falling
97 Poland 787 2019 down 45.6% volatile
98 Japan 782 2019 down 38.8% volatile
99 Mongolia 773 2019 down 41.1% falling
100 Italy 770 2019 down 42.8% volatile
101 Djibouti 750 2019 down 20.8% volatile
102 Paraguay 733 2019 down 44.1% falling
103 Romania 690 2019 down 45.4% volatile
104 Equatorial Guinea 683 2019 down 22.6% rising
105 Gabon 680 2019 down 32.5% falling
106 Australia 647 2019 down 24.4% volatile
107 Spain 603 2019 down 42.6% volatile
108 Timor-Leste 602 2019 down 11.5% falling
109 El Salvador 593 2019 down 42.8% volatile
110 Republic of Korea 567 2019 down 32.6% volatile
111 Lebanon 521 2019 down 30.9% volatile
112 Eswatini 506 2019 down 25.4% falling
113 Panama 490 2019 down 6.3% falling
114 Comoros 469 2019 down 34.7% rising
115 Libya 458 2019 down 45.3% falling
116 Jamaica 454 2019 down 24.0% volatile
117 Netherlands 421 2019 down 20.1% volatile
118 Oman 418 2019 up 12.7% volatile
119 Taiwan, China 405 2019 down 7.1% volatile
120 Costa Rica 338 2019 down 26.7% falling
121 Israel 331 2019 down 18.1% falling
122 Kuwait 310 2019 down 13.6% volatile
123 Bhutan 287 2019 down 44.2% falling
124 Republic of Moldova 278 2019 down 47.7% volatile
125 Georgia 266 2019 down 55.7% volatile
126 Solomon Islands 245 2019 down 22.7% rising
127 Belarus 244 2019 down 46.4% volatile
128 Cuba 236 2019 down 37.2% volatile
129 Armenia 230 2019 down 47.2% volatile
129 Belgium 230 2019 down 21.8% volatile
131 Switzerland 227 2019 down 9.9% volatile
132 Albania 217 2019 down 52.2% falling
132 Guyana 217 2019 down 28.1% volatile
134 Bulgaria 214 2019 down 48.1% volatile
135 Uruguay 211 2019 down 31.3% volatile
136 Serbia 196 2019 down 47.2% volatile
137 Greece 188 2019 down 26.6% volatile
138 Fiji 177 2019 down 16.9% falling
139 Hungary 173 2019 down 44.4% volatile
140 Austria 166 2019 down 16.2% volatile
141 Sweden 165 2019 down 8.3% volatile
142 Czechia 159 2019 down 22.4% volatile
143 Trinidad and Tobago 156 2019 down 32.2% volatile
144 Suriname 155 2019 down 27.2% falling
145 New Zealand 147 2019 down 26.9% volatile
146 United Arab Emirates 145 2019 down 58.3% volatile
146 Denmark 145 2019 down 10.5% volatile
148 Slovakia 141 2019 down 30.2% volatile
149 Portugal 129 2019 down 44.4% volatile
150 Puerto Rico 128 2019 down 51.1% volatile
151 Ireland 124 2019 down 33.0% volatile
152 North Macedonia 123 2019 down 34.6% volatile
153 Qatar 113 2019 down 9.6% rising
154 Mauritius 104 2019 down 26.2% volatile
155 Bosnia and Herzegovina 103 2019 down 40.5% volatile
155 Cape Verde 103 2019 down 46.1% falling
157 Croatia 91 2019 down 46.2% volatile
158 Vanuatu 88 2019 down 13.7% flat
159 Maldives 82 2019 down 21.9% falling
160 Norway 80 2019 down 33.9% volatile
161 Belize 69 2019 down 13.8% falling
162 Finland 59 2019 down 42.7% volatile
163 Sao Tome and Principe 57 2019 down 37.4% falling
164 Singapore 51 2019 down 22.7% volatile
165 Lithuania 49 2019 down 47.3% volatile
166 Kiribati 45 2019 down 13.5% falling
167 Latvia 41 2019 down 53.9% volatile
168 Brunei Darussalam 32 2019 up 3.2% volatile
169 Bahrain 31 2019 down 34.0% volatile
170 Cyprus 27 2019 down 6.9% volatile
171 Bahamas 25 2019 down 30.6% volatile
171 Barbados 25 2019 down 24.2% volatile
173 Guam 24 2019 unchanged falling
173 Slovenia 24 2019 down 42.9% volatile
175 Samoa 22 2019 down 15.4% volatile
176 Saint Lucia 19 2019 down 36.7% volatile
177 Malta 16 2019 down 15.8% volatile
178 Estonia 15 2019 down 55.9% volatile
178 Montenegro 15 2019 down 59.5% volatile
178 Tonga 15 2019 down 34.8% falling
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15 2019 down 40.0% volatile
182 Dominica 13 2019 unchanged volatile
182 Micronesia, Federated States of 13 2019 down 43.5% falling
184 Grenada 12 2019 down 14.3% volatile
184 Marshall Islands 12 2019 down 36.8% falling
186 Seychelles 11 2019 down 21.4% volatile
187 Luxembourg 9 2019 up 12.5% volatile
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 2019 down 22.2% volatile
189 Iceland 6 2019 down 25.0% volatile
189 United States Virgin Islands 6 2019 down 40.0% volatile
191 American Samoa 5 2019 down 28.6% falling
191 Antigua and Barbuda 5 2019 down 37.5% volatile
193 Greenland 4 2019 down 33.3% volatile
194 Naoero 3 2019 down 40.0% rising
195 Northern Mariana Islands 2 2019 down 50.0% rising
196 Andorra 1 2019 unchanged falling
196 Bermuda 1 2019 down 50.0% volatile
196 Palau 1 2019 down 50.0% falling
196 San Marino 1 2019 unchanged volatile
196 Tuvalu 1 2019 down 50.0% falling
201 Monaco 0 2019 volatile

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Indicator
Number of neonatal deaths ihme
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 14,280 data points, 1950–2019
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