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

In 2023, 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: 1.101.1Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 1.201.2AndorraAndorra: 1.301.3LatviaLatvia: 1.301.3SloveniaSlovenia: 1.301.3CzechiaCzechia: 1.401.4FinlandFinland: 1.401.4

Full table

#CountryValue
151 Papua New Guinea 20.50
152 Tanzania 20.60
153 Kenya 21.10
154 Mauritania 21.30
155 Yemen, Rep. 21.30
156 Uganda 21.50
157 Zambia 21.50
158 Senegal 21.70
159 Dominican Republic 21.80
160 Namibia 22.10
161 Timor-Leste 22.10
162 Kiribati 22.20
163 Comoros 22.70
164 Turkmenistan 22.80
165 Togo 23.00
166 Haiti 23.10
167 Madagascar 23.30
168 Gambia, The 23.50
169 Malawi 23.80
170 Congo, Dem. Rep. 23.90
171 Burkina Faso 24.20
172 Sudan 24.20
173 Cameroon 25.20
174 Eswatini 25.50
175 Mozambique 25.60
176 Ethiopia 25.90
177 Equatorial Guinea 26.70
178 Benin 27.70
179 Djibouti 27.70
180 Cote d'Ivoire 27.90
181 Mali 28.70
182 Sierra Leone 28.80
183 Lesotho 29.10
184 Guinea 30.30
185 Central African Republic 30.40
186 Chad 30.90
187 Dominica 30.90
188 Guinea-Bissau 32.70
189 Liberia 33.10
190 Niger 33.20
191 Zimbabwe 33.60
192 Afghanistan 33.90
193 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 34.80
194 Pakistan 37.00
195 Nigeria 39.20
196 South Sudan 39.50

Analytical takeaways

  • San Marino posts the lowest value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2023, 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 Finland at 1.40.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.