What is mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg?

Mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg was 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Luxembourg?

The highest recorded value was 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 1965.

What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Luxembourg?

The lowest recorded value was 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2010.

How does Luxembourg rank for mortality rate, neonatal?

Luxembourg ranks 178th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Luxembourg?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Luxembourg data come from?

The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg

Name: Mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Luxembourg: Mortality rate, neonatal was 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

1.5 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

178th

of 195 countries

All-time high

16.7 per 1,000 live births

in 1965

All-time low

1.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2010

Years of data

1965–2024

Mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg, 1965–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.

Analysis

Luxembourg recorded 1.5 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, neonatal in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 60 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg peaked at 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 1965 and was at its lowest, 1.5 per 1,000 live births, in 2010.

That places Luxembourg 178th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	14.82 per 1,000 live births	13.3 per 1,000 live births	16.7 per 1,000 live births	5
1970s	9.72 per 1,000 live births	7.1 per 1,000 live births	12.7 per 1,000 live births	10
1980s	5.25 per 1,000 live births	4.4 per 1,000 live births	6.5 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	3.25 per 1,000 live births	2.5 per 1,000 live births	4.2 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	1.9 per 1,000 live births	1.6 per 1,000 live births	2.4 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	1.5 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	1.5 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Luxembourg

175 Israel 1.7 per 1,000 live births compare
175 Portugal 1.7 per 1,000 live births compare
175 Spain 1.7 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Czechia 1.4 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Finland 1.4 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Iceland 1.4 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Monaco 1.4 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Norway 1.4 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Sweden 1.4 per 1,000 live births compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg?: Mortality rate, neonatal in Luxembourg was 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Luxembourg?: The highest recorded value was 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 1965.
What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Luxembourg?: The lowest recorded value was 1.5 per 1,000 live births in 2010.
How does Luxembourg rank for mortality rate, neonatal?: Luxembourg ranks 178th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Luxembourg?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Luxembourg data come from?: The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.