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Countries with the lowest
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

In 2022, San Marino leads Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) with 0.60. Belarus follows at 0.80, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.20. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Latest available year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Ranking leaders

0.00.40.71.01.4San MarinoSan Marino: 0.600.6BelarusBelarus: 0.800.8JapanJapan: 0.800.8MontenegroMontenegro: 0.900.9EstoniaEstonia: 1.001.0SingaporeSingapore: 1.001.0Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 1.201.2AndorraAndorra: 1.301.3SloveniaSlovenia: 1.301.3CzechiaCzechia: 1.401.4FinlandFinland: 1.401.4IcelandIceland: 1.401.4

Full table

#CountryValue
151 Papua New Guinea 20.90
152 Tanzania 21.20
153 Kenya 21.40
154 Uganda 21.60
155 Zambia 21.60
156 Mauritania 21.80
157 Yemen, Rep. 21.80
158 Senegal 22.40
159 Dominican Republic 22.50
160 Kiribati 22.50
161 Timor-Leste 22.50
162 Namibia 22.70
163 Comoros 23.20
164 Turkmenistan 23.20
165 Madagascar 23.50
166 Togo 23.50
167 Haiti 23.60
168 Malawi 23.80
169 Congo, Dem. Rep. 24.00
170 Gambia, The 24.10
171 Sudan 24.50
172 Burkina Faso 24.70
173 Cameroon 25.70
174 Eswatini 26.00
175 Mozambique 26.00
176 Ethiopia 26.90
177 Equatorial Guinea 27.40
178 Benin 28.20
179 Djibouti 28.40
180 Cote d'Ivoire 28.50
181 Sierra Leone 29.40
182 Mali 29.50
183 Lesotho 29.70
184 Dominica 30.50
185 Guinea 30.80
186 Chad 31.50
187 Zimbabwe 33.10
188 Liberia 33.20
189 Guinea-Bissau 33.50
190 Niger 33.60
191 Afghanistan 34.70
192 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 36.10
193 Central African Republic 36.50
194 Pakistan 37.90
195 Nigeria 39.30
196 South Sudan 39.60

Analytical takeaways

  • San Marino posts the lowest value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2022, with the next result trailing by 0.20.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Iceland at 1.40.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.