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Neonatal mortality rate in Liberia

The neonatal mortality rate in Liberia was 32.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1963.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1963 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2024 32.9 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.2per 1,000 live births 2023: 33.1 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 7th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Liberia 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 LiberiaWorld
2024 32.9 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 33.1 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 33.2 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 33.4 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 33.4 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 33.5 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 33.7 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 33.8 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 33.9 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 34.0 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 34.1 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 34.1 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 34.2 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 34.4 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 34.8 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 35.4 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 36.3 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 37.3 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 38.5 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 39.9 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 41.6 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 43.4 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 45.5 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 47.6 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 49.6 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 −0.2 from 33.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.1 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.2.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Liberia has the 7th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Liberia

All statistics for Liberia
Infant mortality rate 63.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 86.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 62.2 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 12.4 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 54.2 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 49 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
1963 to 2024 for Liberia
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)