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East Asia & Pacific
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Kiribati leads Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024 at 21.70, while Japan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.90. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.05.410.916.321.7KiribatiKiribati: 21.7021.7Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 21.6021.6Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 20.1020.1MyanmarMyanmar: 19.6019.6FijiFiji: 15.0015.0PhilippinesPhilippines: 13.6013.6Lao PDRLao PDR: 13.1013.1Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 12.5012.5Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 11.6011.6PalauPalau: 11.2011.2CambodiaCambodia: 9.509.5IndonesiaIndonesia: 9.209.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Kiribati 21.70
2 Timor-Leste 21.60
3 Papua New Guinea 20.10
4 Myanmar 19.60
5 Fiji 15.00
6 Philippines 13.60
7 Lao PDR 13.10
8 Marshall Islands 12.50
9 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 11.60
10 Palau 11.20
11 Cambodia 9.50
12 Indonesia 9.20
13 Vanuatu 9.00
14 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 8.90
15 Viet Nam 8.80
16 Tuvalu 8.70
17 Solomon Islands 8.00
18 Mongolia 7.20
19 Samoa 5.80
20 Brunei Darussalam 5.70
21 Thailand 5.10
22 Naoero 4.50
23 Malaysia 4.30
24 Tonga 4.10
25 New Zealand 2.70
26 China 2.60
27 Australia 2.30
28 Korea, Rep. 1.20
29 Singapore 1.10
30 Japan 0.90

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, Kiribati leads with a gap of 0.10 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 30 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Japan at 0.90.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.