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Neonatal mortality rate

% · lower is better · 195 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1San Marino0.05%
  2. 2Belarus0.07%
  3. 3Montenegro0.08%
  4. 4Japan0.09%
  5. 5Estonia0.09%
  6. 6North Macedonia0.11%
  7. 7Singapore0.11%
  8. 8Korea, Rep.0.12%
  9. 9Latvia0.12%
  10. 10Andorra0.12%
  11. 11Slovenia0.13%
  12. 12Finland0.14%
  13. 13Monaco0.14%
  14. 14Czechia0.14%
  15. 15Sweden0.14%
  16. 16Norway0.14%
  17. 17Iceland0.14%
  18. 18Luxembourg0.15%
  19. 19Portugal0.17%
  20. 20Israel0.17%
  21. 21Spain0.17%
  22. 22Italy0.18%
  23. 23Lithuania0.19%
  24. 24Russian Federation0.2%
  25. 25Hungary0.21%
  26. 26Greece0.22%
  27. 27Austria0.22%
  28. 28Belgium0.22%
  29. 29Australia0.23%
  30. 30Germany0.23%
  31. 31United Arab Emirates0.24%
  32. 32Turks and Caicos Islands0.24%
  33. 33Poland0.25%
  34. 34Bulgaria0.26%
  35. 35Ireland0.26%
  36. 36China0.26%
  37. 37Netherlands0.26%
  38. 38New Zealand0.27%
  39. 39Denmark0.27%
  40. 40Cyprus0.27%
  41. 41Croatia0.28%
  42. 42Switzerland0.28%
  43. 43France0.28%
  44. 44Saudi Arabia0.29%
  45. 45Serbia0.3%
  46. 46United Kingdom0.3%
  47. 47Slovak Republic0.33%
  48. 48Canada0.34%
  49. 49Malta0.36%
  50. 50Romania0.36%
  51. 51United States0.37%
  52. 52Maldives0.37%
  53. 53Qatar0.38%
  54. 54Kazakhstan0.39%
  55. 55Sri Lanka0.4%
  56. 56Uruguay0.4%
  57. 57Tonga0.41%
  58. 58Cuba0.43%
  59. 59Malaysia0.43%
  60. 60El Salvador0.43%
  61. 61Kuwait0.44%
  62. 62Bosnia and Herzegovina0.44%
  63. 63Bahrain0.44%
  64. 64Naoero0.45%
  65. 65Ukraine0.45%
  66. 66Turkiye0.46%
  67. 67Chile0.47%
  68. 68Georgia0.5%
  69. 69Armenia0.51%
  70. 70Argentina0.51%
  71. 71Thailand0.51%
  72. 72Antigua and Barbuda0.52%
  73. 73Libya0.52%
  74. 74Panama0.53%
  75. 75Nicaragua0.53%
  76. 76Brunei Darussalam0.57%
  77. 77Oman0.58%
  78. 78Samoa0.58%
  79. 79Colombia0.63%
  80. 80Sao Tome and Principe0.64%
  81. 81British Virgin Islands0.64%
  82. 82Peru0.65%
  83. 83Barbados0.66%
  84. 84Albania0.67%
  85. 85Ecuador0.7%
  86. 86Brazil0.71%
  87. 87Mongolia0.72%
  88. 88Iran, Islamic Rep.0.72%
  89. 89Costa Rica0.73%
  90. 90Bhutan0.73%
  91. 91Bolivia0.73%
  92. 92Jordan0.74%
  93. 93Uzbekistan0.77%
  94. 94Tunisia0.77%
  95. 95Solomon Islands0.8%
  96. 96Cabo Verde0.8%
  97. 97Mexico0.82%
  98. 98Seychelles0.83%
  99. 99Honduras0.84%
  100. 100Paraguay0.86%
  101. 101Tuvalu0.87%
  102. 102Viet Nam0.88%
  103. 103West Bank and Gaza0.89%
  104. 104Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.89%
  105. 105St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.9%
  106. 106Vanuatu0.9%
  107. 107Bahamas, The0.9%
  108. 108Indonesia0.92%
  109. 109Belize0.92%
  110. 110Guatemala0.95%
  111. 111Syrian Arab Republic0.95%
  112. 112Cambodia0.95%
  113. 113Mauritius0.96%
  114. 114Morocco0.96%
  115. 115Suriname0.97%
  116. 116St. Kitts and Nevis1%
  117. 117Lebanon1%
  118. 118Kyrgyz Republic1.1%
  119. 119Tajikistan1.1%
  120. 120Palau1.1%
  121. 121St. Lucia1.1%
  122. 122Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1.2%
  123. 123Grenada1.2%
  124. 124Moldova1.2%
  125. 125Azerbaijan1.2%
  126. 126South Africa1.2%
  127. 127Marshall Islands1.2%
  128. 128Iraq1.2%
  129. 129Trinidad and Tobago1.3%
  130. 130Lao PDR1.3%
  131. 131Philippines1.4%
  132. 132Jamaica1.4%
  133. 133Egypt, Arab Rep.1.4%
  134. 134Algeria1.5%
  135. 135Fiji1.5%
  136. 136Venezuela, RB1.5%
  137. 137Nepal1.5%
  138. 138Guyana1.5%
  139. 139Eritrea1.6%
  140. 140Gabon1.6%
  141. 141Congo, Rep.1.7%
  142. 142India1.7%
  143. 143Rwanda1.7%
  144. 144Botswana1.8%
  145. 145Bangladesh1.8%
  146. 146Ghana1.8%
  147. 147Angola1.8%
  148. 148Burundi1.9%
  149. 149Myanmar2%
  150. 150Tanzania2%
  151. 151Papua New Guinea2%
  152. 152Kenya2.1%
  153. 153Mauritania2.1%
  154. 154Yemen, Rep.2.1%
  155. 155Senegal2.1%
  156. 156Dominican Republic2.1%
  157. 157Uganda2.1%
  158. 158Namibia2.1%
  159. 159Zambia2.1%
  160. 160Timor-Leste2.2%
  161. 161Kiribati2.2%
  162. 162Comoros2.2%
  163. 163Turkmenistan2.2%
  164. 164Togo2.3%
  165. 165Haiti2.3%
  166. 166Gambia, The2.3%
  167. 167Madagascar2.3%
  168. 168Malawi2.4%
  169. 169Congo, Dem. Rep.2.4%
  170. 170Sudan2.4%
  171. 171Burkina Faso2.4%
  172. 172Cameroon2.5%
  173. 173Eswatini2.5%
  174. 174Mozambique2.5%
  175. 175Ethiopia2.5%
  176. 176Equatorial Guinea2.6%
  177. 177Djibouti2.7%
  178. 178Benin2.7%
  179. 179Cote d'Ivoire2.7%
  180. 180Mali2.8%
  181. 181Sierra Leone2.8%
  182. 182Lesotho2.8%
  183. 183Guinea3%
  184. 184Central African Republic3%
  185. 185Chad3%
  186. 186Dominica3.1%
  187. 187Guinea-Bissau3.2%
  188. 188Niger3.3%
  189. 189Liberia3.3%
  190. 190Afghanistan3.3%
  191. 191Zimbabwe3.4%
  192. 192Somalia, Fed. Rep.3.4%
  193. 193Pakistan3.6%
  194. 194Nigeria3.9%
  195. 195South Sudan3.9%

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