Data for 2020

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2020

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2020
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

2020, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The neonatal mortality rate is how many babies out of every thousand born alive die in their first 28 days. Most deaths in the first year of life happen in this first month, which makes it the measure most directly tied to care at birth — a skilled attendant, a clean delivery, warmth, and help with breathing and infection.

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2020 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Pakistan is highest, at 39.9144; San Marino is lowest, at 0.6392. The middle country reads 9.2387. Against 2019, 200 values changed (36 up, 164 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 2020

HighestPakistan

39.9144

LowestSan Marino

0.6392

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

200countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
200distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2020, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2020: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.9144	33.964	46.429
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	39.5013	13.120	98.694
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.1644	34.351	44.833
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	36.7334	17.180	79.854
5	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.4845	29.401	44.835
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	34.9331	20.748	56.767
7	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.1769	26.975	43.604
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.4461	27.479	40.435
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	32.6586	22.381	46.428
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	32.4057	24.229	43.037
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	31.8022	24.139	41.243
12	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.2768	25.874	37.859
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.1720	26.667	36.250
14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.8098	24.411	38.433
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.4572	24.016	38.067
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29.7789	16.544	52.468
17	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	29.5725	26.132	33.543
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.4967	24.254	35.579
19	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.2063	23.196	36.378
20	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.5684	13.657	53.409
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.9426	21.943	35.509
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.8246	20.804	34.553
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.7659	18.600	39.879
24	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.4988	22.074	32.112
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.6095	16.202	39.379
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.5904	18.070	35.960
27	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.3358	19.514	32.585
28	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	24.5247	16.644	36.052
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.3239	18.134	32.338
30	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.0911	18.075	30.961
31	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.0507	19.279	29.455
32	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.9286	15.714	35.655
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.8937	20.668	27.899
34	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.8674	19.767	28.694
35	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.7983	17.376	32.264
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.6884	19.675	28.591
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.4730	17.614	31.281
38	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	23.2223	14.866	34.475
39	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	23.0232	11.301	38.682
40	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.8662	17.776	29.574
41	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.4741	18.628	27.162
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.2830	18.378	27.132
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.0138	19.035	25.527
44	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.8524	18.828	25.455
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.8259	14.447	32.145
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.8194	18.447	25.609
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.5516	13.894	32.208
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.7142	12.888	32.404
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.6221	19.245	22.089
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.3529	16.947	24.350
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.3374	6.394	57.806
52	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.2272	14.183	25.700
53	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18.6381	17.431	19.775
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.5685	13.673	25.721
55	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.4447	14.734	23.071
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.0120	15.155	21.375
57	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.8711	10.112	31.781
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	17.4851	10.011	30.485
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	17.4483	10.198	29.481
60	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.9487	14.874	17.073
61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.5664	11.993	19.794
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.0505	12.013	18.791
63	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.0361	11.915	19.119
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.3677	11.419	18.208
65	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	14.2440	7.720	25.305
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.1823	10.462	18.843
67	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	14.1678	5.605	34.201
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.1652	13.506	14.822
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14.0106	9.458	21.039
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.9507	10.062	19.240
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.7732	11.975	15.639
72	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	13.3108	5.398	30.580
73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.6492	10.692	14.981
74	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12.1716	4.643	21.667
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.0141	10.703	13.472
76	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11.8624	9.126	15.276
77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.6231	8.932	14.358
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.5647	10.039	13.302
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.3888	10.301	12.500
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.2452	6.220	20.098
81	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	11.2277	7.593	16.448
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.2191	7.801	15.592
83	Suriname`SUR`South America	11.0388	6.352	18.934
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.8623	7.876	14.864
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.7765	9.317	12.686
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.4811	5.551	15.133
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.3907	9.611	11.055
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9.9769	8.240	11.911
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.9320	8.628	11.376
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	9.9092	5.448	17.431
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.9053	9.165	10.701
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.8394	4.830	20.524
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.8154	6.496	13.892
94	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	9.6753	7.080	13.258
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	9.6088	7.222	12.869
96	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9.6038	8.279	11.118
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.5324	8.776	10.349
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.3605	8.301	10.458
99	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	9.3455	5.055	14.361
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.2399	8.488	10.026
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.2375	6.132	12.884
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.1631	8.491	9.906
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.1081	7.142	11.567
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.0818	5.986	13.288
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.0494	8.307	9.850
106	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.8913	7.233	10.824
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.6438	8.151	9.167
108	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.5473	7.568	9.766
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.3414	6.447	11.203
110	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.3348	4.061	14.951
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.1527	7.700	8.602
112	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	7.8913	7.004	8.886
113	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	7.6471	4.320	13.840
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	7.5896	6.278	8.913
115	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	7.5667	3.972	12.521
116	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.5423	5.101	11.156
117	Peru`PER`South America	7.3216	6.018	9.018
118	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	7.2687	3.422	14.127
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.1858	6.608	7.770
120	Colombia`COL`South America	7.1857	4.854	10.637
121	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.0735	6.554	7.617
122	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6.5505	4.136	10.006
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.3648	6.087	6.639
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	6.1040	4.443	8.167
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.0384	5.663	6.457
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.9667	3.370	10.109
127	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5.9250	3.618	9.636
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.8159	4.477	7.517
129	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.7303	3.452	7.589
130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5.7129	5.207	6.274
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.5671	5.019	6.158
132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.5489	4.993	6.130
133	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.3332	4.926	5.753
134	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5.0518	3.257	8.035
135	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.9347	4.651	5.233
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.9009	3.396	6.127
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.7805	4.489	5.090
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.7141	4.063	5.474
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4.7091	4.447	4.988
140	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.6473	3.033	7.058
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.6395	4.353	4.946
142	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.6082	4.290	4.943
143	Chile`CHL`South America	4.5250	4.368	4.683
144	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.2998	3.915	4.701
145	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.1290	3.794	4.483
146	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.9921	3.447	4.604
147	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.8156	3.481	4.171
148	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	3.7801	1.349	9.904
149	United States`USA`Northern America	3.6421	3.550	3.734
150	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.4941	3.134	3.892
151	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.4782	3.186	3.833
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.4735	3.377	3.567
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.4716	3.136	3.815
154	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.4146	3.073	3.782
155	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	3.3599	1.488	7.272
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.3466	2.096	4.872
157	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.0770	2.771	3.384
158	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.0429	2.862	3.229
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.0278	2.743	3.334
160	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.0025	2.821	3.191
161	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.9377	2.713	3.193
162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.9029	2.628	3.189
163	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.8369	2.551	3.122
164	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.8318	2.703	2.961
165	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.7594	2.682	2.835
166	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	2.7513	0.842	8.295
167	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.7226	2.635	2.815
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.6316	2.536	2.731
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.5702	2.484	2.659
170	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.5177	2.360	2.675
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.4060	2.278	2.543
172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.3610	2.276	2.445
173	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.3395	2.195	2.490
174	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.2702	2.203	2.337
175	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.2571	2.149	2.365
176	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.1823	2.069	2.300
177	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.1813	2.048	2.319
178	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.1320	1.896	2.386
179	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.9426	1.731	2.171
180	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.8303	1.741	1.918
181	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.8260	1.750	1.902
182	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.8200	1.693	1.945
183	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.8001	1.515	2.114
184	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.7843	1.720	1.846
185	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.6039	0.824	2.756
186	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5412	1.277	1.858
187	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.5058	1.408	1.610
188	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.4637	0.360	5.577
189	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.4510	1.367	1.539
190	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.4225	1.168	1.728
191	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.3931	1.291	1.502
192	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.3780	1.275	1.480
193	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.3613	1.264	1.466
194	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.3590	1.226	1.506
195	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.1399	0.927	1.378
196	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.1086	0.956	1.275
197	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.0012	0.889	1.122
198	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.9592	0.671	1.279
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.8362	0.802	0.871
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.6392	0.176	1.476

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Pakistan39.9144
2South Sudan39.5013
3Nigeria39.1644
4Somalia36.7334
5Afghanistan36.4845

Lowest

200San Marino0.6392
199Japan0.8362
198Belarus0.9592
197Singapore1.0012
196Estonia1.1086

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.2387. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNigeria34.351
LowestSan Marino0.176
Middle country: 6.471
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan98.694
LowestJapan0.871
Middle country: 11.471

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
36 · 164rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Fiji12.6459 → 13.7732+1.1273
Zimbabwe30.3297 → 31.2768+0.9471
Dominica28.9704 → 29.5725+0.6021
Lebanon8.6527 → 9.0494+0.3967
Cuba3.1691 → 3.4941+0.3250

Fell most

Central African Republic34.9683 → 32.4057−2.5626
India21.7933 → 20.6221−1.1712
North Macedonia4.4685 → 3.4146−1.0539
Afghanistan37.4431 → 36.4845−0.9586
Pakistan40.8498 → 39.9144−0.9354

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2020). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/2020

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