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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
101 Solomon Islands 8.00
102 Tunisia 7.70
103 Uzbekistan 7.70
104 Jordan 7.40
105 Bhutan 7.30
106 Bolivia 7.30
107 Costa Rica 7.30
108 Iran, Islamic Rep. 7.20
109 Mongolia 7.20
110 Brazil 7.10
111 Ecuador 7.00
112 Albania 6.70
113 Barbados 6.60
114 Kosovo 6.60
115 Peru 6.50
116 British Virgin Islands 6.40
117 Sao Tome and Principe 6.40
118 Colombia 6.30
119 Oman 5.80
120 Samoa 5.80
121 Brunei Darussalam 5.70
122 Nicaragua 5.30
123 Panama 5.30
124 Antigua and Barbuda 5.20
125 Libya 5.20
126 Argentina 5.10
127 Armenia 5.10
128 Thailand 5.10
129 Georgia 5.00
130 Chile 4.70
131 Turkiye 4.60
132 Naoero 4.50
133 Ukraine 4.50
134 Bahrain 4.40
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.40
136 Kuwait 4.40
137 Cuba 4.30
138 El Salvador 4.30
139 Malaysia 4.30
140 Tonga 4.10
141 Sri Lanka 4.00
142 Uruguay 4.00
143 Kazakhstan 3.90
144 Qatar 3.80
145 Maldives 3.70
146 United States 3.70
147 Malta 3.60
148 Romania 3.60
149 Canada 3.40
150 Slovak Republic 3.30
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.