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Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
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Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
World Bank code: SH.DYN.NMRT
• Data available for 196 countries • Latest year: 2024
In ,
South Sudan
led Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) at 39.50.
The world median across 196 reporting countries was
8.25.
What this measures:
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2024
Reporting
196 countries
Median
8.25
Mean
11.40
25th percentile
3.60
75th percentile
18.10
Range
0.50 – 39.50
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
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