Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2023, South Sudan ranked the highest in neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births with 40.2 followed by Pakistan and Somalia. On the other end of the scale was Belarus with 0.800, Japan with 0.800 and Singapore with 0.900.
Average neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births reached 17.3 in 2023 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 1.12 % more than in the previous year and -22.3 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births reached an all time high of 36.7 in 1990 and an all time low of 17.3 in 2023. The average annual growth amounted to -2.15 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) indicator page.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Afghanistan | 39.7 | 38.7 | 37.8 | 36.9 | 36.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 34.3 | 33.4 | 35.0 | 32.6 | 33.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 34.7 | 34.1 | 33.6 | 33.0 | 32.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 32.3 | 31.6 | 30.9 | 30.1 | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 33.0 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 31.8 | 31.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 37.4 | 36.6 | 35.8 | 35.0 | 34.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 32.8 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 30.7 | 30.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 32.7 | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.3 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.9 | 35.3 | 34.7 | 34.2 | 33.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 34.9 | 34.9 | 34.9 | 34.7 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 36.7 | 36.3 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 34.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 43.3 | 42.4 | 41.4 | 40.5 | 39.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 32.9 | 32.2 | 31.6 | 30.9 | 30.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 39.4 | 38.2 | 37.3 | 36.8 | 36.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 43.5 | 41.0 | 40.4 | 40.3 | 40.3 |
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