Number of neonatal deaths, per capita by country
Number of neonatal deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
0.0014 units per person
Somalia
Lowest
0 units per person
San Marino
Median
0.0001 units per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
11,578
What the numbers show
Number of neonatal deaths, per capita is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 0.0014 units per person in Somalia; the lowest is 0 units per person in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per person, and the mean is 0.0003 units per person.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 188 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 81.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 90.3%).
Number of neonatal deaths, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 7 | South Sudan | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 16 | Benin | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 21 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 26 | Malawi | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 28 | Yemen | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Mauritania | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 30 | Zambia | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 31 | Tanzania | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 33 | Lesotho | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 35 | Burundi | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 36 | Comoros | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Senegal | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 38 | Eswatini | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 39 | Djibouti | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 42 | Kiribati | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 43 | Congo | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 44 | Haiti | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 47 | East Timor | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 50 | Eritrea | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 52 | Botswana | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominica | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 56 | Myanmar | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 57 | Iraq | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 58 | Guyana | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 59 | Egypt | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Nepal | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Algeria | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 63 | Laos | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Fiji | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 53.7% | falling |
| 65 | India | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 68 | Palestine | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 69 | Marshall Islands | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 70 | South Africa | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Venezuela | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 73 | Syria | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Philippines | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Guatemala | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Honduras | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Lebanon | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Suriname | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 85 | Belize | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Morocco | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Jamaica | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Bolivia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Jordan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Samoa | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 94 | Grenada | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 95 | Indonesia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Seychelles | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 100 | Vietnam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 101 | North Korea | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 102 | Palau | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Ecuador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Peru | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Bahamas | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Tonga | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 113 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Iran | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritius | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Brazil | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Libya | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Panama | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Nauru | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Kosovo | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Brunei | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 126 | Barbados | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Turkey | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Bahrain | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 137 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Chile | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Maldives | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Uruguay | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 144 | United States | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 150 | United Kingdom | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 151 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Israel | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 158 | France | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Monaco | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 160 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Russia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 175 | China | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Andorra | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 189 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 194 | South Korea | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 197 | San Marino | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 0.0011 units per person
- IDA blend 0.001 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0009 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0009 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0009 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0009 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0008 units per person
- IDA total 0.0008 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0007 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0007 units per person
- Low income 0.0007 units per person
- IDA only 0.0007 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0006 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0006 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0005 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0005 units per person
- Arab World 0.0004 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0003 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0003 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0003 units per person
- World 0.0003 units per person
- South Asia 0.0003 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0003 units per person
- Middle income 0.0003 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.0002 units per person
- Other small states 0.0002 units per person
- Small states 0.0002 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0002 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0 units per person
- OECD members 0 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Number of neonatal deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of neonatal deaths ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of neonatal deaths UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of neonatal deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.