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Neonatal mortality rate in World

The neonatal mortality rate in the world was 17.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 17.2 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 live births 2023: 17.6 per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2024 2.3 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate

Neonatal mortality rate in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births 2.3 per 1,000 live births
2023 17.6 per 1,000 live births 2.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 17.9 per 1,000 live births 2.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 18.0 per 1,000 live births 2.3 per 1,000 live births
2020 18.2 per 1,000 live births 2.3 per 1,000 live births
2019 18.3 per 1,000 live births 2.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 18.5 per 1,000 live births 2.4 per 1,000 live births
2017 18.6 per 1,000 live births 2.4 per 1,000 live births
2016 18.9 per 1,000 live births 2.4 per 1,000 live births
2015 19.4 per 1,000 live births 2.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 19.7 per 1,000 live births 2.5 per 1,000 live births
2013 20.3 per 1,000 live births 2.5 per 1,000 live births
2012 20.8 per 1,000 live births 2.5 per 1,000 live births
2011 21.5 per 1,000 live births 2.6 per 1,000 live births
2010 22.1 per 1,000 live births 2.7 per 1,000 live births
2009 22.7 per 1,000 live births 2.8 per 1,000 live births
2008 23.4 per 1,000 live births 2.8 per 1,000 live births
2007 24.1 per 1,000 live births 2.9 per 1,000 live births
2006 24.9 per 1,000 live births 3.1 per 1,000 live births
2005 25.8 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2004 26.7 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2003 27.6 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2002 28.5 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2001 29.5 per 1,000 live births 3.7 per 1,000 live births
2000 30.3 per 1,000 live births 3.9 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.7 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −2.5.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 2.3 per 1,000 live births.

More for World

All statistics for World
Infant mortality rate 27.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 37.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 73.5 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 76.0 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 71.1 years 2024 · World Bank Health spending share of GDP 10.1% 2023 · World Bank

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
1990 to 2024 for World
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)