Which country has the highest Neonatal Mortality Rate?

South Sudan has the highest Neonatal Mortality Rate in 2021, at 40, followed by Pakistan (39) and Somalia (36).

Which country has the lowest Neonatal Mortality Rate?

San Marino has the lowest Neonatal Mortality Rate in 2021, at 1.

What is the median Neonatal Mortality Rate across countries?

The median is 9 across the 193 countries with data in 2021.

Where does this neonatal mortality rate by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Forest area (% of land area) - World Bank.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate by Country

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate by Country
Creator: Rankodex

South Sudan has the highest Neonatal Mortality Rate in 2021 (40), followed by Pakistan (39) and Somalia (36). San Marino has the lowest (1).

Health193 countries · 1 metricUpdated Jun 27, 2023Original page

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Forest area (% of land area) - World Bank

ShowingNeonatal Mortality RateBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →

Year 2021193 of 235 countries

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Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2021

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 193 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

Middle half 3 – 19

Average

12.15

193 countries

Lowest (best)

Japan

Highest (worst)

South Sudan

Data

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193 countries · # = rank by Neonatal Mortality Rate

#
1	Japan	1
1	South Korea	1
1	Sweden	1
1	Czechia	1
1	Belarus	1
1	Singapore	1
1	Norway	1
1	Finland	1
1	Slovenia	1
1	Estonia	1
1	Montenegro	1
1	Iceland	1
1	Andorra	1
1	San Marino	1
15	Russia	2
15	Germany	2
15	Italy	2
15	Spain	2
15	Australia	2
15	Belgium	2
15	Cuba	2
15	Portugal	2
15	Greece	2
15	Israel	2
15	Hungary	2
15	Austria	2
15	Ireland	2
15	Lithuania	2
15	Latvia	2
15	Cyprus	2
15	Luxembourg	2
15	Turks and Caicos Islands	2
15	Monaco	2
34	China	3
34	United States	3
34	United Kingdom	3
34	France	3
34	Canada	3
34	Poland	3
34	Saudi Arabia	3
34	Romania	3
34	Netherlands	3
34	Switzerland	3
34	Bulgaria	3
34	Denmark	3
34	New Zealand	3
34	Croatia	3
34	Qatar	3
34	North Macedonia	3
34	Bahrain	3
34	Antigua and Barbuda	3
52	Malaysia	4
52	Sri Lanka	4
52	Chile	4
52	United Arab Emirates	4
52	Serbia	4
52	Uruguay	4
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
52	Malta	4
52	Maldives	4
61	Turkey	5
61	Thailand	5
61	Argentina	5
61	Ukraine	5
61	Kazakhstan	5
61	Lebanon	5
61	Oman	5
61	Costa Rica	5
61	Kuwait	5
61	Georgia	5
61	Tonga	5
61	British Virgin Islands	5
73	Libya	6
73	El Salvador	6
73	Armenia	6
73	Brunei	6
77	Colombia	7
77	Peru	7
77	Ecuador	7
77	Nicaragua	7
77	Albania	7
77	Belize	7
77	Samoa	7
84	Mexico	8
84	Iran	8
84	Uzbekistan	8
84	North Korea	8
84	Panama	8
84	Mongolia	8
84	Solomon Islands	8
84	Cape Verde	8
84	Barbados	8
84	Sao Tome and Principe	8
94	Brazil	9
94	Jordan	9
94	Palestine	9
94	Seychelles	9
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9
94	Palau	9
100	Egypt	10
100	Honduras	10
100	Azerbaijan	10
100	Paraguay	10
100	Jamaica	10
100	Trinidad and Tobago	10
100	Vanuatu	10
100	Grenada	10
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10
100	Tuvalu	10
110	Indonesia	11
110	Vietnam	11
110	South Africa	11
110	Morocco	11
110	Syria	11
110	Guatemala	11
110	Moldova	11
110	Mauritius	11
110	Suriname	11
119	Philippines	12
119	Tunisia	12
119	Kyrgyzstan	12
122	Cambodia	13
122	Bolivia	13
122	Saint Lucia	13
122	Micronesia	13
126	Iraq	14
126	Tajikistan	14
126	Fiji	14
126	Marshall Islands	14
130	Venezuela	15
130	Bhutan	15
132	Bangladesh	16
132	Algeria	16
132	Nepal	16
135	Eritrea	17
135	Guyana	17
137	Kenya	18
137	Rwanda	18
137	Republic of the Congo	18
137	Botswana	18
137	Nauru	18
142	India	19
142	Uganda	19
142	Malawi	19
142	Gabon	19
146	Tanzania	20
146	Burundi	20
146	Namibia	20
149	Senegal	21
149	Papua New Guinea	21
149	Laos	21
149	Kiribati	21
153	Myanmar	22
153	Timor-Leste	22
155	Ghana	23
155	Dominican Republic	23
155	Mauritania	23
155	Eswatini	23
159	Madagascar	24
159	Haiti	24
159	Togo	24
159	Turkmenistan	24
163	Burkina Faso	25
163	Zambia	25
163	Zimbabwe	25
163	Gambia	25
167	Ethiopia	26
167	Cameroon	26
167	Comoros	26
170	DR Congo	27
170	Sudan	27
170	Angola	27
173	Yemen	28
173	Mozambique	28
173	Dominica	28
176	Benin	29
176	Equatorial Guinea	29
178	Liberia	30
178	Djibouti	30
180	Guinea	31
180	Sierra Leone	31
182	Ivory Coast	32
182	Chad	32
182	Central African Republic	32
185	Mali	33
186	Afghanistan	34
186	Niger	34
186	Guinea-Bissau	34
189	Nigeria	35
189	Lesotho	35
191	Somalia	36
192	Pakistan	39
193	South Sudan	40

What correlates with Neonatal Mortality Rate (2021)?

Pearson r against 1,409 other country metrics sharing at least 116 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Neonatal Mortality Rate tend to score higher on these

Infant Mortality RateInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 192
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Infant Deaths per 1,000 BirthsHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 193
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Still Birth RateStillbirth Rates by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 191
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Infant Mortality Rate CIAInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 193
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Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = +0.87 · very strong · n = 163
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Crude Birth Rate (CIA)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 192
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Neonatal Mortality Rate tend to score lower on these

GDI Female Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 189
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LPI Health ScoreBest Healthcare in the World
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 164
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Life ExpectancyPast Life Expectancy by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 182
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Nutrition & Medical CareSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 170
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Female Life Expectancy UNLife Expectancy by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 193
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Female Life Expectancy WBLife Expectancy by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 190
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Neonatal Mortality Rate?: South Sudan has the highest Neonatal Mortality Rate in 2021, at 40, followed by Pakistan (39) and Somalia (36).
Which country has the lowest Neonatal Mortality Rate?: San Marino has the lowest Neonatal Mortality Rate in 2021, at 1.
What is the median Neonatal Mortality Rate across countries?: The median is 9 across the 193 countries with data in 2021.
Where does this neonatal mortality rate by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Forest area (% of land area) - World Bank.