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Neonatal mortality rate

Newborns dying in the first 28 days of life, per 1,000 live births. These are modelled estimates.

Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Frequency: Annual Coverage: 196 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA))
Highest in 2024 39.5 per 1,000 live births South Sudan Lowest in 2024 0.5 per 1,000 live births San Marino
Euro area, 2024 2.3 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 196 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

196 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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 ParaguayTuvalu
2024 8.6 per 1,000 live births 8.7 per 1,000 live births
2023 8.9 per 1,000 live births 8.9 per 1,000 live births
2022 9.2 per 1,000 live births 9.2 per 1,000 live births
2021 9.5 per 1,000 live births 9.6 per 1,000 live births
2020 9.8 per 1,000 live births 9.9 per 1,000 live births
2019 10.2 per 1,000 live births 10.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 10.5 per 1,000 live births 10.6 per 1,000 live births
2017 10.9 per 1,000 live births 11.0 per 1,000 live births
2016 11.3 per 1,000 live births 11.5 per 1,000 live births
2015 11.7 per 1,000 live births 12.0 per 1,000 live births
2014 12.1 per 1,000 live births 12.6 per 1,000 live births
2013 12.4 per 1,000 live births 13.4 per 1,000 live births
2012 12.8 per 1,000 live births 14.2 per 1,000 live births
2011 13.2 per 1,000 live births 15.2 per 1,000 live births
2010 13.7 per 1,000 live births 16.3 per 1,000 live births
2009 14.1 per 1,000 live births 17.5 per 1,000 live births
2008 14.5 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2007 15.0 per 1,000 live births 20.4 per 1,000 live births
2006 15.4 per 1,000 live births 21.7 per 1,000 live births
2005 15.8 per 1,000 live births 22.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 16.3 per 1,000 live births 23.5 per 1,000 live births
2003 16.7 per 1,000 live births 24.0 per 1,000 live births
2002 17.1 per 1,000 live births 24.3 per 1,000 live births
2001 17.6 per 1,000 live births 24.6 per 1,000 live births
2000 18.0 per 1,000 live births 24.8 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 196 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is South Sudan (39.5 per 1,000 live births) and the lowest San Marino (0.5 per 1,000 live births).
  • Half of the countries are above 8.3 per 1,000 live births and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 18 countries and fell in 145.
  • The figure for the world was 17.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024, against 18.3 per 1,000 live births in 2019 (−1.1).

About this measure

Definition
Newborns dying in the first 28 days of life, per 1,000 live births. These are modelled estimates.
Population covered
Live births
Unit
Deaths per 1,000 live births
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 1,000 live births)

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
1960 to 2024
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)

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 South Sudan 39.5 per 1,000 live births
  2. 2 Nigeria 39.0 per 1,000 live births
  3. 3 Pakistan 36.1 per 1,000 live births
  4. 4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 34.2 per 1,000 live births
  5. 5 Zimbabwe 33.7 per 1,000 live births
  6. 6 Afghanistan 33.1 per 1,000 live births
  7. 7 Liberia 32.9 per 1,000 live births
  8. 8 Niger 32.8 per 1,000 live births
  9. 9 Guinea-Bissau 32.0 per 1,000 live births
  10. 10 Dominica 31.1 per 1,000 live births
  11. 11 Chad 30.4 per 1,000 live births
  12. 12 Central African Republic 29.9 per 1,000 live births
  13. 13 Guinea 29.8 per 1,000 live births
  14. 14 Lesotho 28.5 per 1,000 live births
  15. 15 Sierra Leone 28.3 per 1,000 live births
  16. 16 Mali 28.0 per 1,000 live births
  17. 17 Côte d'Ivoire 27.4 per 1,000 live births
  18. 18 Benin 27.2 per 1,000 live births
  19. 19 Djibouti 27.1 per 1,000 live births
  20. 20 Equatorial Guinea 26.3 per 1,000 live births
  21. 21 Ethiopia 25.2 per 1,000 live births
  22. 22 Mozambique 25.1 per 1,000 live births
  23. 23 Eswatini 25.0 per 1,000 live births
  24. 24 Cameroon 24.8 per 1,000 live births
  25. 25 Burkina Faso 23.8 per 1,000 live births
  26. 26 Sudan 23.7 per 1,000 live births
  27. 27 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23.6 per 1,000 live births
  28. 28 Malawi 23.6 per 1,000 live births
  29. 29 Madagascar 23.1 per 1,000 live births
  30. 30 Gambia 23.0 per 1,000 live births
  31. 31 Haiti 22.6 per 1,000 live births
  32. 32 Togo 22.6 per 1,000 live births
  33. 33 Turkmenistan 22.3 per 1,000 live births
  34. 34 Comoros 22.1 per 1,000 live births
  35. 35 Kiribati 21.7 per 1,000 live births
  36. 36 Timor-Leste 21.6 per 1,000 live births
  37. 37 Namibia 21.4 per 1,000 live births
  38. 38 Zambia 21.4 per 1,000 live births
  39. 39 Uganda 21.3 per 1,000 live births
  40. 40 Dominican Republic 21.2 per 1,000 live births
  41. 41 Senegal 20.9 per 1,000 live births
  42. 42 Yemen 20.9 per 1,000 live births
  43. 43 Mauritania 20.8 per 1,000 live births
  44. 44 Kenya 20.7 per 1,000 live births
  45. 45 Papua New Guinea 20.1 per 1,000 live births
  46. 46 Tanzania 19.9 per 1,000 live births
  47. 47 Myanmar 19.6 per 1,000 live births
  48. 48 Burundi 19.1 per 1,000 live births
  49. 49 Angola 18.1 per 1,000 live births
  50. 50 Ghana 18.1 per 1,000 live births
  51. 51 Bangladesh 17.9 per 1,000 live births
  52. 52 Botswana 17.6 per 1,000 live births
  53. 53 Rwanda 17.4 per 1,000 live births
  54. 54 India 16.7 per 1,000 live births
  55. 55 Republic of the Congo 16.5 per 1,000 live births
  56. 56 Gabon 16.3 per 1,000 live births
  57. 57 Eritrea 15.6 per 1,000 live births
  58. 58 Guyana 15.3 per 1,000 live births
  59. 59 Nepal 15.3 per 1,000 live births
  60. 60 Algeria 15.0 per 1,000 live births
  61. 61 Fiji 15.0 per 1,000 live births
  62. 62 Venezuela 15.0 per 1,000 live births
  63. 63 Egypt 13.9 per 1,000 live births
  64. 64 Jamaica 13.7 per 1,000 live births
  65. 65 Philippines 13.6 per 1,000 live births
  66. 66 Laos 13.1 per 1,000 live births
  67. 67 Trinidad and Tobago 12.6 per 1,000 live births
  68. 68 Iraq 12.5 per 1,000 live births
  69. 69 Marshall Islands 12.5 per 1,000 live births
  70. 70 Azerbaijan 12.4 per 1,000 live births
  71. 71 South Africa 12.4 per 1,000 live births
  72. 72 Grenada 12.3 per 1,000 live births
  73. 73 Moldova 12.3 per 1,000 live births
  74. 74 Micronesia 11.6 per 1,000 live births
  75. 75 Saint Lucia 11.3 per 1,000 live births
  76. 76 Palau 11.2 per 1,000 live births
  77. 77 Tajikistan 11.1 per 1,000 live births
  78. 78 Kyrgyzstan 10.8 per 1,000 live births
  79. 79 Lebanon 10.5 per 1,000 live births
  80. 80 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.0 per 1,000 live births
  81. 81 Suriname 9.7 per 1,000 live births
  82. 82 Mauritius 9.6 per 1,000 live births
  83. 83 Morocco 9.6 per 1,000 live births
  84. 84 Cambodia 9.5 per 1,000 live births
  85. 85 Guatemala 9.5 per 1,000 live births
  86. 86 Syria 9.5 per 1,000 live births
  87. 87 Belize 9.2 per 1,000 live births
  88. 88 Indonesia 9.2 per 1,000 live births
  89. 89 Bahamas 9.0 per 1,000 live births
  90. 90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.0 per 1,000 live births
  91. 91 Vanuatu 9.0 per 1,000 live births
  92. 92 North Korea 8.9 per 1,000 live births
  93. 93 West Bank and Gaza 8.9 per 1,000 live births
  94. 94 Viet Nam 8.8 per 1,000 live births
  95. 95 Tuvalu 8.7 per 1,000 live births
  96. 96 Paraguay 8.6 per 1,000 live births
  97. 97 Honduras 8.4 per 1,000 live births
  98. 98 Seychelles 8.3 per 1,000 live births
  99. 99 Mexico 8.2 per 1,000 live births
  100. 100 Cabo Verde 8.0 per 1,000 live births
  101. 101 Solomon Islands 8.0 per 1,000 live births
  102. 102 Tunisia 7.7 per 1,000 live births
  103. 103 Uzbekistan 7.7 per 1,000 live births
  104. 104 Jordan 7.4 per 1,000 live births
  105. 105 Bhutan 7.3 per 1,000 live births
  106. 106 Bolivia 7.3 per 1,000 live births
  107. 107 Costa Rica 7.3 per 1,000 live births
  108. 108 Iran 7.2 per 1,000 live births
  109. 109 Mongolia 7.2 per 1,000 live births
  110. 110 Brazil 7.1 per 1,000 live births
  111. 111 Ecuador 7.0 per 1,000 live births
  112. 112 Albania 6.7 per 1,000 live births
  113. 113 Barbados 6.6 per 1,000 live births
  114. 114 Kosovo 6.6 per 1,000 live births
  115. 115 Peru 6.5 per 1,000 live births
  116. 116 British Virgin Islands 6.4 per 1,000 live births
  117. 117 São Tomé and Príncipe 6.4 per 1,000 live births
  118. 118 Colombia 6.3 per 1,000 live births
  119. 119 Oman 5.8 per 1,000 live births
  120. 120 Samoa 5.8 per 1,000 live births
  121. 121 Brunei 5.7 per 1,000 live births
  122. 122 Nicaragua 5.3 per 1,000 live births
  123. 123 Panama 5.3 per 1,000 live births
  124. 124 Antigua and Barbuda 5.2 per 1,000 live births
  125. 125 Libya 5.2 per 1,000 live births
  126. 126 Argentina 5.1 per 1,000 live births
  127. 127 Armenia 5.1 per 1,000 live births
  128. 128 Thailand 5.1 per 1,000 live births
  129. 129 Georgia 5.0 per 1,000 live births
  130. 130 Chile 4.7 per 1,000 live births
  131. 131 Türkiye 4.6 per 1,000 live births
  132. 132 Naoero 4.5 per 1,000 live births
  133. 133 Ukraine 4.5 per 1,000 live births
  134. 134 Bahrain 4.4 per 1,000 live births
  135. 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.4 per 1,000 live births
  136. 136 Kuwait 4.4 per 1,000 live births
  137. 137 Cuba 4.3 per 1,000 live births
  138. 138 El Salvador 4.3 per 1,000 live births
  139. 139 Malaysia 4.3 per 1,000 live births
  140. 140 Tonga 4.1 per 1,000 live births
  141. 141 Sri Lanka 4.0 per 1,000 live births
  142. 142 Uruguay 4.0 per 1,000 live births
  143. 143 Kazakhstan 3.9 per 1,000 live births
  144. 144 Qatar 3.8 per 1,000 live births
  145. 145 Maldives 3.7 per 1,000 live births
  146. 146 United States 3.7 per 1,000 live births
  147. 147 Malta 3.6 per 1,000 live births
  148. 148 Romania 3.6 per 1,000 live births
  149. 149 Canada 3.4 per 1,000 live births
  150. 150 Slovakia 3.3 per 1,000 live births
  151. 151 Serbia 3.0 per 1,000 live births
  152. 152 United Kingdom 3.0 per 1,000 live births
  153. 153 Saudi Arabia 2.9 per 1,000 live births
  154. 154 Croatia 2.8 per 1,000 live births
  155. 155 France 2.8 per 1,000 live births
  156. 156 Switzerland 2.8 per 1,000 live births
  157. 157 Cyprus 2.7 per 1,000 live births
  158. 158 Denmark 2.7 per 1,000 live births
  159. 159 New Zealand 2.7 per 1,000 live births
  160. 160 Bulgaria 2.6 per 1,000 live births
  161. 161 China 2.6 per 1,000 live births
  162. 162 Ireland 2.6 per 1,000 live births
  163. 163 Netherlands 2.6 per 1,000 live births
  164. 164 Poland 2.5 per 1,000 live births
  165. 165 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.4 per 1,000 live births
  166. 166 United Arab Emirates 2.4 per 1,000 live births
  167. 167 Australia 2.3 per 1,000 live births
  168. 168 Germany 2.3 per 1,000 live births
  169. 169 Austria 2.2 per 1,000 live births
  170. 170 Belgium 2.2 per 1,000 live births
  171. 171 Greece 2.2 per 1,000 live births
  172. 172 Hungary 2.1 per 1,000 live births
  173. 173 Russia 2.0 per 1,000 live births
  174. 174 Lithuania 1.9 per 1,000 live births
  175. 175 Italy 1.8 per 1,000 live births
  176. 176 Israel 1.7 per 1,000 live births
  177. 177 Portugal 1.7 per 1,000 live births
  178. 178 Spain 1.7 per 1,000 live births
  179. 179 Luxembourg 1.5 per 1,000 live births
  180. 180 Czechia 1.4 per 1,000 live births
  181. 181 Finland 1.4 per 1,000 live births
  182. 182 Iceland 1.4 per 1,000 live births
  183. 183 Monaco 1.4 per 1,000 live births
  184. 184 Norway 1.4 per 1,000 live births
  185. 185 Sweden 1.4 per 1,000 live births
  186. 186 Slovenia 1.3 per 1,000 live births
  187. 187 Andorra 1.2 per 1,000 live births
  188. 188 Latvia 1.2 per 1,000 live births
  189. 189 South Korea 1.2 per 1,000 live births
  190. 190 North Macedonia 1.1 per 1,000 live births
  191. 191 Singapore 1.1 per 1,000 live births
  192. 192 Estonia 0.9 per 1,000 live births
  193. 193 Japan 0.9 per 1,000 live births
  194. 194 Montenegro 0.8 per 1,000 live births
  195. 195 Belarus 0.7 per 1,000 live births
  196. 196 San Marino 0.5 per 1,000 live births
  197. East Asia and Pacific 6.7 per 1,000 live births
  198. Euro area 2.3 per 1,000 live births
  199. Europe and Central Asia 4.1 per 1,000 live births
  200. European Union 2.3 per 1,000 live births
  201. Latin America and Caribbean 8.3 per 1,000 live births
  202. Middle East and North Africa 22.7 per 1,000 live births
  203. North America 3.6 per 1,000 live births
  204. OECD members 3.9 per 1,000 live births
  205. South Asia 16.6 per 1,000 live births
  206. Sub-Saharan Africa 26.6 per 1,000 live births
  207. World 17.2 per 1,000 live births
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