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Neonatal mortality rate in Marshall Islands

The neonatal mortality rate in Marshall Islands was 12.5 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
Marshall Islands, 2024 12.5 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 live births 2023: 12.9 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 69th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Marshall Islands 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 Marshall IslandsWorld
2024 12.5 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 12.9 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 13.3 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 13.8 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 14.2 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 14.7 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 15.2 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 15.6 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 16.1 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 16.6 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 17.1 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 17.4 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 17.7 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 17.9 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 18.1 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 18.2 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 18.4 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 18.5 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 18.7 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 18.8 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 18.9 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 19.0 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 19.2 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 19.3 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 19.3 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 −0.4 from 12.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.1 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −4.6.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Marshall Islands has the 69th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Marshall Islands

All statistics for Marshall Islands
Infant mortality rate 22.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 26.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 66.9 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.1 years 2023 · UN Population Division UHC service coverage 66 2023 · WHO Adult obesity 42.0% 2024 · 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 Marshall Islands
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)