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Neonatal mortality rate in South Sudan

The neonatal mortality rate in South Sudan was 39.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1989 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 39.5 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 0per 1,000 live births 2023: 39.5 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 1st of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in South Sudan 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 South SudanWorld
2024 39.5 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 39.5 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 39.6 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 39.5 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 39.5 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 39.5 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 40.0 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 42.6 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 42.3 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 41.8 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 40.8 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 39.6 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 40.0 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 40.8 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 42.1 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 43.5 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 44.9 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 46.3 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 47.7 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 48.9 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 50.3 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 51.6 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 52.9 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 54.2 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 55.6 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 unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 40.8 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.3.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for South Sudan

All statistics for South Sudan
Infant mortality rate 71.9 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 96.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 57.6 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 13.0 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 52.7 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 41 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

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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 South Sudan
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)