Data for 2024

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2024

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2024
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

2024, 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, 2024 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 39.46577; San Marino is lowest, at 0.54429. The middle country reads 8.13406. Against 2023, 200 values changed (30 up, 170 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 2024

HighestSouth Sudan

39.46577

LowestSan Marino

0.54429

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

200countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
200distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	39.46577	9.4367	124.292
2	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.04572	31.9122	48.081
3	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.09850	28.1279	45.900
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.24304	14.3932	81.862
5	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.68028	22.5175	49.701
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	33.13673	24.5195	44.864
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	32.93693	24.2255	43.805
8	Niger`NER`Western Africa	32.75072	23.3316	46.492
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	31.98101	16.7362	58.810
10	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	31.06531	26.5016	36.376
11	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.38784	18.5026	49.037
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.93299	20.3830	44.018
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.79885	20.0079	43.811
14	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	28.49093	19.3882	41.084
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.26060	19.9970	39.150
16	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.99332	22.3212	34.710
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27.40022	20.6708	35.896
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.18293	19.2479	38.092
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.07104	13.4910	53.696
20	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.28644	11.3589	55.655
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	25.23151	17.4916	36.307
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.08004	18.9404	33.377
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.00472	15.3609	41.328
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.76163	17.0023	35.789
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.75264	13.3586	41.007
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.71119	14.8033	37.799
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.61863	17.2703	32.405
28	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.60399	17.3820	32.094
29	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.05915	17.3460	31.150
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.95141	15.5591	33.155
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.63186	13.3745	38.116
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.59002	14.9241	33.572
33	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22.33632	12.6954	38.868
34	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	22.14119	15.2178	31.543
35	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	21.71298	9.6221	40.504
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	21.60673	12.8476	35.436
37	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.44131	16.7720	27.420
38	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.37811	14.5783	32.833
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.33975	16.5515	26.687
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.24212	14.2608	31.743
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.94180	16.0756	27.237
42	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.88917	15.9606	27.346
43	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.81974	14.4003	30.518
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.69906	16.4111	26.138
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.06767	11.7919	32.996
46	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.90123	14.7795	26.639
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.60277	11.2245	32.969
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.06630	10.5607	33.466
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.12125	11.5298	29.155
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.06903	13.4050	24.009
51	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.91238	16.2782	19.805
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.64118	4.8437	59.537
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.35127	11.9301	25.054
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.65925	14.9112	18.592
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.52519	8.4028	32.976
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.33856	10.6101	25.584
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	15.61608	8.1326	30.935
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	15.27914	8.0433	28.801
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.26957	11.7381	19.826
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.02097	10.0271	23.223
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.99007	11.3435	19.546
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.96338	13.0900	17.123
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.85879	9.9322	19.245
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.65311	12.5367	14.831
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.61346	9.6745	19.353
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.12136	9.1667	18.195
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	12.63641	7.7842	20.670
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.46311	8.2616	18.547
69	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	12.45395	6.0606	25.030
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12.44044	10.0128	15.322
71	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	12.43356	4.5342	32.988
72	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.42946	7.9314	19.775
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.32640	9.2579	17.122
74	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.29748	9.2053	16.389
75	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	11.62426	4.3227	29.285
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	11.25147	9.4064	13.398
77	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	11.22290	3.9005	22.106
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11.09975	6.9707	17.610
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.79440	9.0072	12.809
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10.46108	9.2436	11.816
81	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	9.99649	5.9406	16.594
82	Suriname`SUR`South America	9.66675	4.7754	18.792
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.64249	6.0355	15.079
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.59148	8.5420	10.773
85	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.52548	4.3982	20.353
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.50840	4.6251	15.736
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.45334	6.0375	14.703
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.21250	7.9396	10.694
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.15697	7.3955	11.539
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.99239	6.8611	11.809
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.98334	3.6389	15.316
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8.95164	7.1472	11.204
93	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.94465	4.6497	13.845
94	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	8.89882	5.9481	13.374
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8.84248	6.9570	11.072
96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	8.69154	4.1879	17.064
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.58927	3.8415	19.678
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.39932	5.6334	12.512
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.34158	5.9712	11.461
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.23253	5.8814	10.855
101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.03560	6.6928	9.573
102	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	8.00271	4.8373	13.169
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.74749	6.7205	8.775
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.65030	6.5086	9.178
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.41376	5.2768	10.959
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.34150	5.2588	10.078
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.30880	4.0380	11.482
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.30255	6.8504	7.777
109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.20161	3.0172	14.608
110	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.16008	6.5180	7.853
111	Brazil`BRA`South America	7.12497	6.0164	8.461
112	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	7.03270	3.4296	12.703
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.99441	5.8495	8.293
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.73519	5.2753	8.261
115	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.62899	3.9763	11.150
116	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	6.56089	4.9986	8.544
117	Peru`PER`South America	6.51655	4.7799	9.034
118	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	6.43579	2.7813	13.905
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	6.40399	3.1657	12.775
120	Colombia`COL`South America	6.26354	3.7647	10.615
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.83860	3.2922	9.995
122	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.78161	5.0622	6.596
123	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.67983	4.8590	6.586
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.30994	4.9640	5.687
125	Panama`PAN`Central America	5.29536	3.8563	6.823
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.20452	2.6485	9.896
127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.19510	3.4860	7.692
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	5.11123	2.9823	7.195
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.07135	4.4247	5.820
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5.06346	3.5302	7.094
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.95376	4.5290	5.396
132	Chile`CHL`South America	4.67784	4.4505	4.923
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.63052	3.9704	5.470
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.54849	3.0365	6.032
135	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	4.47141	2.2991	8.690
136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.44485	3.8277	5.145
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4.43272	3.9001	5.012
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.42464	4.0885	4.774
139	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4.33506	2.5550	7.785
140	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.27050	3.7467	4.847
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.25537	3.6357	5.011
142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.14642	2.4071	7.054
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.04886	3.4621	4.652
144	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.95984	3.2396	4.826
145	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.94253	3.5564	4.354
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.80609	3.4032	4.241
147	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.67024	2.7584	4.832
148	United States`USA`Northern America	3.65238	3.4775	3.836
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.62318	3.2507	4.016
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.56937	2.7523	4.569
151	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.38895	3.1916	3.597
152	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	3.29945	1.0929	9.439
153	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.27268	2.9990	3.567
154	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.04190	2.8591	3.233
155	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.97173	2.6175	3.336
156	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	2.94851	1.1840	6.994
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.86353	1.6309	4.658
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.83730	2.6382	3.050
159	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.77408	2.5816	2.978
160	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.75067	2.3392	3.228
161	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.70973	2.0555	3.590
162	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.69915	2.3439	3.107
163	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.67237	2.0948	3.350
164	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.62273	2.4865	2.766
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.59426	2.2556	2.973
166	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.58235	2.1647	3.104
167	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.58231	2.3508	2.835
168	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.46759	2.3430	2.594
169	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	2.41937	0.6764	7.968
170	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.36079	1.8691	2.942
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.29629	2.1757	2.424
172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.27641	2.1201	2.437
173	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.21996	2.0700	2.380
174	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.18071	1.9976	2.371
175	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.17531	1.9152	2.463
176	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.05873	1.7887	2.367
177	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.99941	1.7175	2.299
178	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.87071	1.5375	2.263
179	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.80318	1.6535	1.967
180	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.72517	1.5715	1.889
181	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.71477	1.5661	1.884
182	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.69939	1.5395	1.868
183	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.45673	1.0744	1.968
184	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.42251	1.0408	1.924
185	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.41956	1.2629	1.597
186	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.41523	1.2948	1.551
187	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.40695	1.2716	1.555
188	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.39921	0.6543	2.701
189	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.36133	1.2076	1.535
190	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.28044	1.0788	1.525
191	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.24547	0.2796	5.251
192	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.20068	0.9472	1.493
193	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.16618	1.0293	1.312
194	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.08205	0.9133	1.287
195	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.05475	0.7992	1.364
196	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.94624	0.7335	1.214
197	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.86775	0.8227	0.915
198	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.83940	0.5323	1.240
199	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.74102	0.3561	1.267
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.54429	0.1231	1.382

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan39.46577
2Nigeria39.04572
3Pakistan36.09850
4Somalia34.24304
5Zimbabwe33.68028

Lowest

200San Marino0.54429
199Belarus0.74102
198Montenegro0.83940
197Japan0.86775
196Estonia0.94624

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.13406. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNigeria31.9122
LowestSan Marino0.1231
Middle country: 5.0304
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan124.292
LowestJapan0.915
Middle country: 11.471

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
30 · 170rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon10.15943 → 10.46108+0.30165
Costa Rica7.05065 → 7.30255+0.25190
Romania3.38159 → 3.62318+0.24159
South Africa12.20636 → 12.44044+0.23408
Cyprus2.49405 → 2.70973+0.21568

Fell most

Nicaragua7.09631 → 5.30994−1.78637
Pakistan37.03377 → 36.09850−0.93527
India17.53567 → 16.65925−0.87642
Panama6.13338 → 5.29536−0.83802
Afghanistan33.90410 → 33.13673−0.76736

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