Neonatal mortality rate in Nicaragua
The neonatal mortality rate in Nicaragua was 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1974.
Nicaragua, 2024
5.3
Change from 2023
−1.8per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
17.2 per 1,000 live births
Position in 2024
123rd of 196
Neonatal mortality rate in Nicaragua 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.
| Period | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 per 1,000 live births | 17.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | 17.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 7.9 per 1,000 live births | 17.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 8.4 per 1,000 live births | 18.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | 18.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 8.7 per 1,000 live births | 18.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 8.8 per 1,000 live births | 18.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 9.2 per 1,000 live births | 18.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 9.8 per 1,000 live births | 18.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 10.5 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 11.2 per 1,000 live births | 19.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 11.7 per 1,000 live births | 20.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 12.3 per 1,000 live births | 20.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 12.7 per 1,000 live births | 21.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 13.1 per 1,000 live births | 22.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 13.4 per 1,000 live births | 22.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 13.7 per 1,000 live births | 23.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 13.9 per 1,000 live births | 24.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 14.2 per 1,000 live births | 24.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 14.4 per 1,000 live births | 25.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 14.6 per 1,000 live births | 26.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 14.9 per 1,000 live births | 27.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 28.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 15.8 per 1,000 live births | 29.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 16.4 per 1,000 live births | 30.3 per 1,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.8 from 7.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 11.2 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −5.9.
- Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Nicaragua has the 123rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.
More for Nicaragua
All statistics for Nicaragua
Infant mortality rate
9.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
11.2 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
74.9 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
16.8 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
65.4 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
70
2023 · WHO