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Neonatal mortality rate in Laos

The neonatal mortality rate in Laos was 13.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1982.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1982 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2024 13.1 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.5per 1,000 live births 2023: 13.6 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 66th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Laos 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 LaosWorld
2024 13.1 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 13.6 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 14.2 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 14.9 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 15.6 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 16.3 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 16.9 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 17.5 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 18.2 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 18.9 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 19.7 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 20.7 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 21.7 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 22.7 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 23.8 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 25.0 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 26.1 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 27.3 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 28.5 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 29.7 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 31.0 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 32.2 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 33.4 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 34.6 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 35.8 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 13.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.7 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −6.6.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Laos has the 66th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Laos

All statistics for Laos
Infant mortality rate 27.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 29.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 69.0 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.7 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 61.8 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 64 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
1982 to 2024 for Laos
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)