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

For 2024, Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) is led by South Sudan at 39.50. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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

Countries ranked 196
Snapshot year 2024
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0.09.919.829.639.5South SudanSouth Sudan: 39.5039.5NigeriaNigeria: 39.0039.0PakistanPakistan: 36.1036.1Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 34.2034.2ZimbabweZimbabwe: 33.7033.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 33.1033.1LiberiaLiberia: 32.9032.9NigerNiger: 32.8032.8Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 32.0032.0DominicaDominica: 31.1031.1ChadChad: 30.4030.4Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 29.9029.9
Rank Country Value
1 South Sudan 39.50
2 Nigeria 39.00
3 Pakistan 36.10
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 34.20
5 Zimbabwe 33.70
6 Afghanistan 33.10
7 Liberia 32.90
8 Niger 32.80
9 Guinea-Bissau 32.00
10 Dominica 31.10
11 Chad 30.40
12 Central African Republic 29.90
13 Guinea 29.80
14 Lesotho 28.50
15 Sierra Leone 28.30
16 Mali 28.00
17 Cote d'Ivoire 27.40
18 Benin 27.20
19 Djibouti 27.10
20 Equatorial Guinea 26.30
21 Ethiopia 25.20
22 Mozambique 25.10
23 Eswatini 25.00
24 Cameroon 24.80
25 Burkina Faso 23.80
26 Sudan 23.70
27 Congo, Dem. Rep. 23.60
28 Malawi 23.60
29 Madagascar 23.10
30 Gambia, The 23.00
31 Haiti 22.60
32 Togo 22.60
33 Turkmenistan 22.30
34 Comoros 22.10
35 Kiribati 21.70
36 Timor-Leste 21.60
37 Namibia 21.40
38 Zambia 21.40
39 Uganda 21.30
40 Dominican Republic 21.20
41 Senegal 20.90
42 Yemen, Rep. 20.90
43 Mauritania 20.80
44 Kenya 20.70
45 Papua New Guinea 20.10
46 Tanzania 19.90
47 Myanmar 19.60
48 Burundi 19.10
49 Angola 18.10
50 Ghana 18.10
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan sits at the top of the Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) distribution in 2024 at 39.50, with a lead of 0.50 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Seychelles at 8.30, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits San Marino (0.50), and the page currently covers 196 countries.