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Dominican Republic
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#40out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

40.835.931.026.121.2196319942024Dominican Republic · 2024: 21.20Dominican Republic

Analytical takeaways

  • Dominican Republic records 21.20 for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #40 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) declined from 40.80 in 1963 to 21.20 in 2024, a decrease of 19.60.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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