Neonatal mortality rate in North America
The neonatal mortality rate in North America was 3.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
3.6
Change from 2023
+0.1per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
17.2 per 1,000 live births
Neonatal mortality rate in North America 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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 17.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | 17.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | 17.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | 18.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 18.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 18.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 18.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 18.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 3.8 per 1,000 live births | 18.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 19.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 20.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 20.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 21.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 4.1 per 1,000 live births | 22.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 4.1 per 1,000 live births | 22.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 23.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 24.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 24.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 25.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 4.5 per 1,000 live births | 26.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 27.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 28.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 29.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 4.6 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 +0.1 from 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 3.9 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −0.3.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.
More for North America
All statistics for North America
Infant mortality rate
5.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
6.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
79.2 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
81.7 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
76.9 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
16.3%
2023 · World Bank