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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
151 Serbia 3.00
152 United Kingdom 3.00
153 Saudi Arabia 2.90
154 Croatia 2.80
155 France 2.80
156 Switzerland 2.80
157 Cyprus 2.70
158 Denmark 2.70
159 New Zealand 2.70
160 Bulgaria 2.60
161 China 2.60
162 Ireland 2.60
163 Netherlands 2.60
164 Poland 2.50
165 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.40
166 United Arab Emirates 2.40
167 Australia 2.30
168 Germany 2.30
169 Austria 2.20
170 Belgium 2.20
171 Greece 2.20
172 Hungary 2.10
173 Russian Federation 2.00
174 Lithuania 1.90
175 Italy 1.80
176 Israel 1.70
177 Portugal 1.70
178 Spain 1.70
179 Luxembourg 1.50
180 Czechia 1.40
181 Finland 1.40
182 Iceland 1.40
183 Monaco 1.40
184 Norway 1.40
185 Sweden 1.40
186 Slovenia 1.30
187 Andorra 1.20
188 Korea, Rep. 1.20
189 Latvia 1.20
190 North Macedonia 1.10
191 Singapore 1.10
192 Estonia 0.90
193 Japan 0.90
194 Montenegro 0.80
195 Belarus 0.70
196 San Marino 0.50
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.