Neonatal mortality rate in OECD members
The neonatal mortality rate in OECD member countries was 3.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
3.9
Change from 2023
0per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
17.2 per 1,000 live births
Neonatal mortality rate in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 17.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 17.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 17.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 18.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 18.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 18.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 18.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 18.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 18.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 19.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 20.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 20.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 4.5 per 1,000 live births | 21.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 22.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | 22.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 4.9 per 1,000 live births | 23.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 5.0 per 1,000 live births | 24.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 5.2 per 1,000 live births | 24.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 25.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 5.7 per 1,000 live births | 26.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 6.0 per 1,000 live births | 27.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 6.4 per 1,000 live births | 28.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 6.7 per 1,000 live births | 29.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 7.0 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 from 3.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.3 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −0.4.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.
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