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Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

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

Global rank#161out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

29.722.916.29.42.6198920072024China · 2024: 2.60China

Analytical takeaways

  • China records 2.60 for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #161 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) declined from 29.70 in 1989 to 2.60 in 2024, a decrease of 27.10.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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