Number of neonatal deaths in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Number of neonatal deaths was 2 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of neonatal deaths in Tuvalu, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 2 for number of neonatal deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of neonatal deaths in Tuvalu peaked at 9 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2021.
Tuvalu ranks 188th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.9 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.1 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 compare
- 188 British Virgin Islands 2 compare
- 188 Palau 2 compare
- 191 Andorra 1 compare
- 191 Monaco 1 compare
- 191 Nauru 1 compare
- 191 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 compare
More health data for Tuvalu
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 93 (2025)
- Population, male 4,859 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 85 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 101 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 88 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 106 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 98 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 103 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 111 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 97 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of neonatal deaths in Tuvalu?
- Number of neonatal deaths in Tuvalu was 2 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of neonatal deaths recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2021.
- How does Tuvalu rank for number of neonatal deaths?
- Tuvalu ranks 188th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of neonatal deaths rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.