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Neonatal mortality rate in Kiribati

The neonatal mortality rate in Kiribati was 21.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1989.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1989 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2024 21.7 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.5per 1,000 live births 2023: 22.2 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 35th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Kiribati over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period KiribatiWorld
2024 21.7 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 22.2 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 22.5 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 22.8 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 23.0 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 23.3 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 23.4 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 23.5 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 23.4 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 23.3 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 23.2 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 23.1 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 23.2 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 23.2 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 23.2 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 23.3 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 23.5 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 23.7 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 23.9 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 24.2 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 24.6 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 25.1 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 25.7 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 26.3 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 27.1 per 1,000 live births 30.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 from 22.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 23.2 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.5.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Kiribati has the 35th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Kiribati

All statistics for Kiribati
Infant mortality rate 38.8 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 53.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 66.5 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.4 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 54.5 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 51 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.NMRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1989 to 2024 for Kiribati
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)