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Rwanda
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#53out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

62.951.540.228.817.4196019922024Rwanda · 2024: 17.40Rwanda

Analytical takeaways

  • Rwanda records 17.40 for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #53 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) declined from 61.80 in 1960 to 17.40 in 2024, a decrease of 44.40.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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