Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) by country
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
39.5 per 1,000 live births
South Sudan
Lowest
0.5 per 1,000 live births
San Marino
Median
8.3 per 1,000 live births
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
11,715
What the numbers show
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 39.5 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.5 per 1,000 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.3 per 1,000 live births, and the mean is 11.42 per 1,000 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 165 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 92.9%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 86.1%).
Mortality rate, neonatal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 39.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 39 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 36.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 34.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 33.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 33.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 7 | Liberia | 32.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 32.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 32 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 10 | Dominica | 31.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 30.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 29.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea | 29.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 14 | Lesotho | 28.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 28.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 16 | Mali | 28 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 27.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 19 | Djibouti | 27.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 25.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 25.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 23 | Eswatini | 25 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 24.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 23.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 26 | Sudan | 23.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 23.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 27 | Malawi | 23.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 23.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 30 | Gambia | 23 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 31 | Haiti | 22.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 22.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 22.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 22.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 35 | Kiribati | 21.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 36 | East Timor | 21.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 37 | Namibia | 21.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 37 | Zambia | 21.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 39 | Uganda | 21.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 21.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 20.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 41 | Yemen | 20.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritania | 20.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 20.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 20.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 46 | Tanzania | 19.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 47 | Myanmar | 19.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 48 | Burundi | 19.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 49 | Angola | 18.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 18.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 17.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 52 | Botswana | 17.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 17.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 54 | India | 16.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 55 | Congo | 16.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 16.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 57 | Eritrea | 15.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 58 | Guyana | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 58 | Nepal | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 60 | Algeria | 15 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 15 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 60 | Venezuela | 15 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 63 | Egypt | 13.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Jamaica | 13.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 13.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 66 | Laos | 13.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 12.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 12.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 12.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 70 | South Africa | 12.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 72 | Grenada | 12.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 72 | Moldova | 12.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 11.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 11.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 76 | Palau | 11.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 11.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 79 | Lebanon | 10.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 81 | Suriname | 9.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 82 | Morocco | 9.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 82 | Mauritius | 9.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 9.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Cambodia | 9.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 84 | Syria | 9.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 87 | Belize | 9.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 9.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 89 | Bahamas | 9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 92 | North Korea | 8.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 92 | Palestine | 8.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 94 | Vietnam | 8.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 8.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 96 | Paraguay | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 8.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 98 | Seychelles | 8.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 99 | Mexico | 8.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 104 | Jordan | 7.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 105 | Bolivia | 7.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Bhutan | 7.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 7.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Iran | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 108 | Mongolia | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 110 | Brazil | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Albania | 6.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 113 | Barbados | 6.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 115 | British Virgin Islands | 6.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 117 | Colombia | 6.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Oman | 5.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Samoa | 5.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 120 | Brunei | 5.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 5.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 121 | Panama | 5.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 123 | Libya | 5.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Argentina | 5.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 125 | Armenia | 5.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 125 | Thailand | 5.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 129 | Chile | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Turkey | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Nauru | 4.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 131 | Ukraine | 4.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 133 | Bahrain | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 133 | Kuwait | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 136 | Cuba | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Malaysia | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 136 | El Salvador | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Tonga | 4.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Uruguay | 4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 143 | Qatar | 3.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 144 | Maldives | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 144 | United States | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Malta | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Romania | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Canada | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Slovakia | 3.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 150 | United Kingdom | 3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Serbia | 3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Saudi Arabia | 2.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Switzerland | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 153 | France | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Croatia | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Cyprus | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Denmark | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 156 | New Zealand | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Bulgaria | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 159 | China | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Ireland | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Netherlands | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Poland | 2.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 166 | Australia | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Germany | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Austria | 2.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Belgium | 2.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Greece | 2.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Hungary | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Russia | 2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 173 | Lithuania | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Italy | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Spain | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Israel | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Portugal | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 1.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 179 | Czechia | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Finland | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 179 | Iceland | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Monaco | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 179 | Norway | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Sweden | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Slovenia | 1.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Andorra | 1.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 186 | South Korea | 1.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Latvia | 1.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 189 | North Macedonia | 1.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Singapore | 1.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Estonia | 0.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Japan | 0.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Montenegro | 0.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Belarus | 0.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 195 | San Marino | 0.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 33.16 per 1,000 live births
- Africa Western and Central 31.88 per 1,000 live births
- Pre-demographic dividend 27.21 per 1,000 live births
- Sub-Saharan Africa 26.6 per 1,000 live births
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 26.54 per 1,000 live births
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.54 per 1,000 live births
- IDA total 26.44 per 1,000 live births
- Low income 24.9 per 1,000 live births
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 24.46 per 1,000 live births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 23.99 per 1,000 live births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 23.86 per 1,000 live births
- Least developed countries: UN classification 23.55 per 1,000 live births
About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.