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Countries Ranked by Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SH.DYN.NMRT

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 196 countries reporting, the median value is 8.25, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Kiribati

21.70

Europe & Central Asia

Turkmenistan

22.30

Latin America & Caribbean

Dominica

31.10

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

36.10

North America

United States

3.70

South Asia

Bangladesh

17.90

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Sudan

39.50

Rank Country Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
1 South Sudan 39.50
2 Nigeria 39.00
3 Pakistan 36.10
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 34.20
5 Zimbabwe 33.70
6 Afghanistan 33.10
7 Liberia 32.90
8 Niger 32.80
9 Guinea-Bissau 32.00
10 Dominica 31.10
11 Chad 30.40
12 Central African Republic 29.90
13 Guinea 29.80
14 Lesotho 28.50
15 Sierra Leone 28.30
16 Mali 28.00
17 Cote d'Ivoire 27.40
18 Benin 27.20
19 Djibouti 27.10
20 Equatorial Guinea 26.30
21 Ethiopia 25.20
22 Mozambique 25.10
23 Eswatini 25.00
24 Cameroon 24.80
25 Burkina Faso 23.80
26 Sudan 23.70
27 Malawi 23.60
28 Congo, Dem. Rep. 23.60
29 Madagascar 23.10
30 Gambia, The 23.00
31 Togo 22.60
32 Haiti 22.60
33 Turkmenistan 22.30
34 Comoros 22.10
35 Kiribati 21.70
36 Timor-Leste 21.60
37 Zambia 21.40
38 Namibia 21.40
39 Uganda 21.30
40 Dominican Republic 21.20
41 Senegal 20.90
42 Yemen, Rep. 20.90
43 Mauritania 20.80
44 Kenya 20.70
45 Papua New Guinea 20.10
46 Tanzania 19.90
47 Myanmar 19.60
48 Burundi 19.10
49 Ghana 18.10
50 Angola 18.10
51 Bangladesh 17.90
52 Botswana 17.60
53 Rwanda 17.40
54 India 16.70
55 Congo, Rep. 16.50
56 Gabon 16.30
57 Eritrea 15.60
58 Guyana 15.30
59 Nepal 15.30
60 Algeria 15.00
61 Venezuela, RB 15.00
62 Fiji 15.00
63 Egypt, Arab Rep. 13.90
64 Jamaica 13.70
65 Philippines 13.60
66 Lao PDR 13.10
67 Trinidad and Tobago 12.60
68 Marshall Islands 12.50
69 Iraq 12.50
70 South Africa 12.40
71 Azerbaijan 12.40
72 Moldova 12.30
73 Grenada 12.30
74 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 11.60
75 St. Lucia 11.30
76 Palau 11.20
77 Tajikistan 11.10
78 Kyrgyz Republic 10.80
79 Lebanon 10.50
80 St. Kitts and Nevis 10.00
81 Suriname 9.70
82 Mauritius 9.60
83 Morocco 9.60
84 Guatemala 9.50
85 Cambodia 9.50
86 Syrian Arab Republic 9.50
87 Belize 9.20
88 Indonesia 9.20
89 Vanuatu 9.00
90 Bahamas, The 9.00
91 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 9.00
92 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 8.90
93 West Bank and Gaza 8.90
94 Viet Nam 8.80
95 Tuvalu 8.70
96 Paraguay 8.60
97 Honduras 8.40
98 Seychelles 8.30
99 Mexico 8.20
100 Solomon Islands 8.00
101 Cabo Verde 8.00
102 Tunisia 7.70
103 Uzbekistan 7.70
104 Jordan 7.40
105 Costa Rica 7.30
106 Bhutan 7.30
107 Bolivia 7.30
108 Iran, Islamic Rep. 7.20
109 Mongolia 7.20
110 Brazil 7.10
111 Ecuador 7.00
112 Albania 6.70
113 Barbados 6.60
114 Kosovo 6.60
115 Peru 6.50
116 British Virgin Islands 6.40
117 Sao Tome and Principe 6.40
118 Colombia 6.30
119 Samoa 5.80
120 Oman 5.80
121 Brunei Darussalam 5.70
122 Nicaragua 5.30
123 Panama 5.30
124 Antigua and Barbuda 5.20
125 Libya 5.20
126 Argentina 5.10
127 Armenia 5.10
128 Thailand 5.10
129 Georgia 5.00
130 Chile 4.70
131 Turkiye 4.60
132 Ukraine 4.50
133 Nauru 4.50
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.40
135 Kuwait 4.40
136 Bahrain 4.40
137 Malaysia 4.30
138 Cuba 4.30
139 El Salvador 4.30
140 Tonga 4.10
141 Sri Lanka 4.00
142 Uruguay 4.00
143 Kazakhstan 3.90
144 Qatar 3.80
145 United States 3.70
146 Maldives 3.70
147 Romania 3.60
148 Malta 3.60
149 Canada 3.40
150 Slovak Republic 3.30
151 United Kingdom 3.00
152 Serbia 3.00
153 Saudi Arabia 2.90
154 Croatia 2.80
155 France 2.80
156 Switzerland 2.80
157 Cyprus 2.70
158 New Zealand 2.70
159 Denmark 2.70
160 China 2.60
161 Netherlands 2.60
162 Bulgaria 2.60
163 Ireland 2.60
164 Poland 2.50
165 United Arab Emirates 2.40
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.40
167 Australia 2.30
168 Germany 2.30
169 Belgium 2.20
170 Greece 2.20
171 Austria 2.20
172 Hungary 2.10
173 Russian Federation 2.00
174 Lithuania 1.90
175 Italy 1.80
176 Spain 1.70
177 Portugal 1.70
178 Israel 1.70
179 Luxembourg 1.50
180 Monaco 1.40
181 Finland 1.40
182 Sweden 1.40
183 Norway 1.40
184 Iceland 1.40
185 Czechia 1.40
186 Slovenia 1.30
187 Latvia 1.20
188 Andorra 1.20
189 Korea, Rep. 1.20
190 North Macedonia 1.10
191 Singapore 1.10
192 Japan 0.90
193 Estonia 0.90
194 Montenegro 0.80
195 Belarus 0.70
196 San Marino 0.50

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.DYN.NMRT), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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