Number of neonatal deaths, per square kilometre by country
Number of neonatal deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
0.4826 deaths per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 deaths per square kilometre
San Marino
Median
0.0119 deaths per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,263
What the numbers show
Number of neonatal deaths, per square kilometre is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 0.4826 deaths per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 deaths per square kilometre in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0119 deaths per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0398 deaths per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 161 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 80.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 86.7%).
Number of neonatal deaths, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 0.4826 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 2 | Monaco | 0.4798 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 3 | Burundi | 0.3484 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0.3304 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 0.3233 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | Comoros | 0.2972 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 7 | Rwanda | 0.2829 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 0.2239 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 9 | Haiti | 0.2167 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 10 | Gambia | 0.1906 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 0.1833 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 0.1669 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 13 | India | 0.1369 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 14 | Togo | 0.1225 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 15 | Benin | 0.1173 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 16 | Bahrain | 0.1075 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 0.1033 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 0.0943 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 19 | Kiribati | 0.0938 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 20 | Lebanon | 0.0926 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 0.092 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0875 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.0858 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 0.0763 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0751 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 26 | Maldives | 0.0738 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Ghana | 0.073 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 28 | Singapore | 0.0696 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Tuvalu | 0.0667 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 0.0643 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 31 | Nepal | 0.0635 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 0.0611 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea | 0.0601 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 0.0598 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 35 | Liberia | 0.0584 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritius | 0.0561 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Yemen | 0.056 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 38 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0545 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 0.0545 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 40 | Lesotho | 0.0534 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0521 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 0.0512 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Cameroon | 0.051 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 44 | Grenada | 0.05 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 44 | Malta | 0.05 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Naoero | 0.05 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 47 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0459 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 48 | Timor-Leste | 0.0454 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 49 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0448 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 50 | Eswatini | 0.0439 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 51 | Somalia | 0.0438 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 0.0431 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 53 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0429 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 54 | Jamaica | 0.0423 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 55 | Mozambique | 0.0409 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0407 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 57 | Viet Nam | 0.0404 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 58 | Madagascar | 0.0401 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 0.0377 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 60 | Egypt | 0.0344 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 61 | Iraq | 0.0344 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 0.0344 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 63 | Seychelles | 0.0326 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 64 | Dominica | 0.0307 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 65 | Niger | 0.0287 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 66 | Djibouti | 0.0286 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0282 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 0.0279 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 69 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0278 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 70 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0274 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0231 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 72 | Indonesia | 0.0225 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 73 | Mali | 0.0224 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 0.0222 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 75 | Sudan | 0.0218 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 0.0216 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 77 | El Salvador | 0.0216 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 78 | South Sudan | 0.0205 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 79 | Angola | 0.0204 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 0.0203 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 81 | Jordan | 0.0203 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 82 | Chad | 0.0201 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 83 | Zambia | 0.0199 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 0.0195 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 0.0181 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 0.0168 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 87 | Morocco | 0.0141 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 88 | Tonga | 0.0139 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 0.0139 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 90 | Fiji | 0.0137 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.2% | falling |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0136 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 0.0134 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 93 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0133 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 94 | Eritrea | 0.0132 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 95 | Netherlands | 0.0131 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Kuwait | 0.0127 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0121 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 98 | South Africa | 0.0119 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 99 | Samoa | 0.0119 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 0.0117 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0116 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 102 | Qatar | 0.0099 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 103 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0096 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 104 | Congo | 0.0093 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.009 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Mexico | 0.0089 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0086 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 108 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0084 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 0.0078 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 0.0078 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.0077 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Belgium | 0.0074 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 113 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0073 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 0.0072 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 0.0072 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 0.0068 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 117 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0066 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 118 | Türkiye | 0.0066 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 0.0065 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 0.0064 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 121 | Thailand | 0.0061 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Switzerland | 0.0059 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Panama | 0.0059 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 124 | Algeria | 0.0058 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 0.0056 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 126 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0054 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 127 | Germany | 0.0047 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Gabon | 0.0045 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 129 | Palau | 0.0043 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 130 | Colombia | 0.0041 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 131 | Bahamas | 0.004 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 132 | Cyprus | 0.0039 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 0.0039 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 134 | Cuba | 0.0039 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Denmark | 0.0038 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0036 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.0036 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 138 | Slovakia | 0.0035 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 139 | France | 0.0033 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Georgia | 0.0032 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Paraguay | 0.0031 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 0.003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 143 | Korea | 0.0029 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Peru | 0.0028 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Romania | 0.0027 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Poland | 0.0026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 147 | China | 0.0026 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Brazil | 0.0024 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Italy | 0.0024 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Serbia | 0.0022 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0022 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Andorra | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Namibia | 0.0021 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 154 | Austria | 0.002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Bhutan | 0.002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Hungary | 0.002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Ireland | 0.002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Botswana | 0.002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 159 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0018 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 160 | Japan | 0.0017 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0.0017 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 162 | Czechia | 0.0017 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 163 | Portugal | 0.0016 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Croatia | 0.0016 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 165 | Bulgaria | 0.0015 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Oman | 0.0015 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 167 | United States of America | 0.0014 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 168 | Greece | 0.0013 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Guyana | 0.0013 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 170 | Spain | 0.0012 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Slovenia | 0.0011 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 172 | Chile | 0.0011 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0011 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 174 | Argentina | 0.001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 0.001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Uruguay | 0.0008 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0008 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 178 | Suriname | 0.0007 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 179 | Lithuania | 0.0007 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Kazakhstan | 0.0007 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 181 | New Zealand | 0.0006 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Montenegro | 0.0004 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Libya | 0.0004 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Sweden | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Mongolia | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 186 | Latvia | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Estonia | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Belarus | 0.0003 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Norway | 0.0002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Finland | 0.0002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Russian Federation | 0.0002 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 192 | Canada | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 193 | Australia | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Iceland | 0.0001 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 195 | San Marino | 0 deaths per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Number of neonatal deaths divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of neonatal deaths ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Number of neonatal deaths United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.