Mortality rate, neonatal in Palau
Palau: Mortality rate, neonatal was 11.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Palau, 1989–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, neonatal in Palau stood at 11.2 per 1,000 live births.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Palau peaked at 19.4 per 1,000 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 10.4 per 1,000 live births, in 2010.
Palau ranks 76th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.4 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births | 1 |
| 1990s | 17.09 per 1,000 live births | 14.8 per 1,000 live births | 19.1 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.2 per 1,000 live births | 10.5 per 1,000 live births | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.19 per 1,000 live births | 10.4 per 1,000 live births | 12.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.74 per 1,000 live births | 11.2 per 1,000 live births | 12.2 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palau
- 74 Micronesia (country) 11.6 per 1,000 live births compare
- 75 Saint Lucia 11.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 77 Tajikistan 11.1 per 1,000 live births compare
- 78 Kyrgyzstan 10.8 per 1,000 live births compare
- 79 Lebanon 10.5 per 1,000 live births compare
More health data for Palau
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 99 (2025)
- Population, female 8,157 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 42.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 25.5% (2025)
- Population, female 46.2% (2025)
- Population, male 9,506 (2025)
- Population, male 53.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 97 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 100 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 107 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Palau?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Palau was 11.2 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4 per 1,000 live births in 1989.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2010.
- How does Palau rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Palau ranks 76th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau 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
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.