What is mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia?

Mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia was 11.3 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 Saint Lucia?

The highest recorded value was 19.6 per 1,000 live births in 1972.

What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Saint Lucia?

The lowest recorded value was 10.3 per 1,000 live births in 1995.

How does Saint Lucia rank for mortality rate, neonatal?

Saint Lucia ranks 75th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Saint Lucia?

Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia

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

Saint Lucia: Mortality rate, neonatal was 11.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

11.3 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

down 0.9%

World rank

75th

of 195 countries

All-time high

19.6 per 1,000 live births

in 1972

All-time low

10.3 per 1,000 live births

in 1995

Years of data

1972–2024

Mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia, 1972–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia is 11.3 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia peaked at 19.6 per 1,000 live births in 1972 and was at its lowest, 10.3 per 1,000 live births, in 1995.

Saint Lucia ranks 75th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	16.89 per 1,000 live births	15.7 per 1,000 live births	19.6 per 1,000 live births	8
1980s	14.57 per 1,000 live births	12.5 per 1,000 live births	16.3 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	10.87 per 1,000 live births	10.3 per 1,000 live births	12 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	12.65 per 1,000 live births	11.4 per 1,000 live births	13.3 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	13.25 per 1,000 live births	12.3 per 1,000 live births	13.7 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	11.62 per 1,000 live births	11.3 per 1,000 live births	12 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

72 Grenada 12.3 per 1,000 live births compare
72 Moldova 12.3 per 1,000 live births compare
74 Micronesia (country) 11.6 per 1,000 live births compare
76 Palau 11.2 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

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More health data for Saint Lucia

Population ages 15-64, total 131,133 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 1,229 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 1,180 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 1,109 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 1,081 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 1,059 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 1,032 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 1,042 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 1,045 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 1,072 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia?: Mortality rate, neonatal in Saint Lucia was 11.3 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 Saint Lucia?: The highest recorded value was 19.6 per 1,000 live births in 1972.
What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Saint Lucia?: The lowest recorded value was 10.3 per 1,000 live births in 1995.
How does Saint Lucia rank for mortality rate, neonatal?: Saint Lucia ranks 75th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Saint Lucia?: Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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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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.