Neonatal mortality rate in Saint Lucia

The neonatal mortality rate in Saint Lucia was 11.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1999.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Saint Lucia, 2024 11.3 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.1per 1,000 live births 2023: 11.4 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 75th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Saint Lucia 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 Saint LuciaWorld
2024 11.3 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 11.4 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 11.6 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 11.8 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 12.0 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 12.3 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 12.6 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 13.0 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 13.3 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 13.5 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 13.6 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 13.7 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 13.6 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 13.5 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 13.4 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 13.3 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 13.2 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 13.2 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 13.1 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 13.0 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 12.8 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 12.5 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 12.2 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 11.8 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 11.4 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 −0.1 from 11.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.6 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −2.3.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Saint Lucia has the 75th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

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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
1972 to 2024 for Saint Lucia
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)