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Last update: Sep 2011

Trends in neonatal mortality rates, 1960–2010

Country	1990	1995	2000	2005	2009	2010
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Afghanistan	53	46	45	45	45	45
Albania	17	15	13	11	9	9
Algeria	29	26	23	21	19	18
Andorra	3	2	1	1	1	1
Angola	51	49	46	44	42	41
Antigua and Barbuda	13	10	8	6	5	4
Argentina	15	13	11	9	8	7
Armenia	26	22	18	14	12	11
Australia	5	4	3	3	3	3
Austria	4	4	3	3	3	2
Azerbaijan	31	29	25	22	20	19
Bahamas	9	8	7	7	7	7
Bahrain	6	5	5	4	4	4
Bangladesh	55	49	41	34	29	27
Barbados	9	9	9	9	10	10
Belarus	7	7	6	4	3	3
Belgium	4	4	3	3	2	2
Belize	18	15	12	10	8	8
Benin	40	38	36	34	32	32
Bhutan	45	40	35	30	26	26
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	39	35	31	27	24	23
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	8	6	6	5	5
Botswana	22	27	31	23	20	19
Brazil	28	24	19	15	12	12
Brunei Darussalam	7	6	5	4	4	4
Bulgaria	11	12	11	8	7	7
Burkina Faso	41	40	39	39	38	38
Burundi	49	48	46	44	43	42
Cambodia	38	38	35	28	23	22
Cameroon	34	35	35	34	34	34
Canada	4	4	4	4	4	4
Cape Verde	21	19	18	16	15	14
Central African Republic	43	45	45	44	43	42
Chad	45	44	43	42	41	41
Chile	9	7	6	5	5	5
China	24	22	18	14	12	11
Colombia	20	18	16	14	12	12
Comoros	40	38	36	34	32	32
Congo	33	32	31	30	29	29
Cook Islands	9	8	7	6	5	5
Costa Rica	10	9	8	6	6	6
Côte d'Ivoire	46	46	45	43	41	41
Croatia	8	7	5	4	4	3
Cuba	7	5	4	3	3	3
Cyprus	5	4	3	2	2	2
Czech Republic	9	6	4	3	2	2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	22	32	26	17	18	18
Democratic Republic of the Congo	48	48	48	48	46	46
Denmark	4	4	3	3	3	2
Djibouti	40	39	37	35	34	34
Dominica	11	11	10	9	8	8
Dominican Republic	29	25	21	18	16	15
Ecuador	20	17	14	12	10	10
Egypt	28	22	17	13	10	9
El Salvador	18	15	12	9	7	6
Equatorial Guinea	45	43	40	38	36	35
Eritrea	31	27	24	21	19	18
Estonia	13	11	7	4	3	3
Ethiopia	48	45	41	38	36	35
Fiji	12	11	10	9	8	8
Finland	4	3	2	2	2	2
France	3	3	3	3	2	2
Gabon	31	30	29	28	27	26
Gambia	42	39	37	34	32	31
Georgia	27	24	21	18	15	15
Germany	4	3	3	3	2	2
Ghana	38	36	34	31	29	28
Greece	9	7	5	3	2	2
Grenada	10	8	7	6	6	5
Guatemala	28	23	20	17	15	15
Guinea	51	48	45	41	39	38
Guinea-Bissau	48	46	44	42	40	40
Guyana	34	31	27	23	20	19
Haiti	38	35	32	28	26	27
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	23	20	17	14	12	12
Hungary	12	9	7	5	4	4
Iceland	3	3	2	1	1	1
India	47	44	40	36	33	32
Indonesia	31	27	23	20	17	17
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	28	24	21	17	15	14
Iraq	23	23	22	21	20	20
Ireland	5	4	4	3	2	2
Israel	6	5	4	3	2	2
Italy	6	5	3	3	2	2
Jamaica	13	12	11	10	10	9
Japan	3	2	2	1	1	1
Jordan	20	18	17	15	13	13
Kazakhstan	26	24	21	19	18	17
Kenya	31	34	33	30	28	28
Kiribati	29	26	24	22	20	19
Kuwait	9	7	7	6	6	6
Kyrgyzstan	30	26	24	21	19	19
Lao People's Democratic Republic	39	34	29	25	22	21
Latvia	12	13	10	7	6	5
Lebanon	18	17	15	13	12	12
Lesotho	36	39	45	44	37	35
Liberia	53	51	45	40	35	34
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	22	18	15	12	10	10
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	10	9	6	4	3	3
Luxembourg	4	3	2	2	1	1
Madagascar	40	36	31	26	23	22
Malawi	44	42	38	33	28	27
Malaysia	9	7	6	4	3	3
Maldives	37	31	22	14	10	9
Mali	57	55	52	50	48	48
Malta	7	6	5	4	4	4
Marshall Islands	19	17	15	13	12	12
Mauritania	42	41	40	40	39	39
Mauritius	16	15	12	10	9	9
Mexico	17	15	12	9	8	7
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	22	21	20	19	18	18
Monaco	5	3	3	2	2	2
Mongolia	27	24	19	15	12	12
Montenegro	11	9	8	7	6	5
Morocco	36	31	27	23	20	19
Mozambique	51	48	45	43	40	39
Myanmar	44	41	38	35	32	32
Namibia	25	24	26	22	18	17
Nauru	22	22	22	22	22	22
Nepal	54	47	40	33	29	28
Netherlands	5	4	4	3	3	3
New Zealand	4	4	3	3	3	3
Nicaragua	25	21	18	15	13	12
Niger	48	45	40	36	33	32
Nigeria	49	49	46	43	41	40
Niue	7	8	13	13	11	10
Norway	4	3	3	2	2	2
Occupied Palestinian Territory	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	22	16	12	8	6	5
Pakistan	51	49	45	43	41	41
Palau	14	13	12	10	9	9
Panama	14	13	11	10	9	9
Papua New Guinea	30	28	27	25	24	23
Paraguay	24	21	18	16	14	14
Peru	27	23	17	13	10	9
Philippines	23	20	17	15	14	14
Poland	11	9	6	5	4	4
Portugal	7	5	3	2	2	2
Qatar	10	8	6	5	4	4
Republic of Korea	3	3	3	2	2	2
Republic of Moldova	15	13	12	10	9	9
Romania	15	14	13	11	8	8
Russian Federation	12	12	11	8	6	6
Rwanda	41	47	42	35	30	29
Saint Kitts and Nevis	17	14	11	8	6	5
Saint Lucia	13	11	11	10	10	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16	14	13	13	13	13
Samoa	10	10	9	9	8	8
San Marino	5	4	2	1	1	1
Sao Tome and Principe	28	27	27	26	25	25
Saudi Arabia	20	16	13	11	10	10
Senegal	40	39	36	32	28	27
Serbia	16	11	8	6	5	4
Seychelles	9	8	8	8	8	8
Sierra Leone	57	57	53	49	46	45
Singapore	4	2	2	1	1	1
Slovakia	12	9	7	5	4	4
Slovenia	5	4	3	2	2	2
Solomon Islands	18	17	15	14	13	12
Somalia	52	52	52	52	52	52
South Africa	18	19	22	22	19	18
Spain	6	5	4	3	3	3
Sri Lanka	18	15	13	12	11	10
Sudan	39	38	37	36	35	35
Suriname	21	19	17	16	14	14
Swaziland	24	25	27	27	22	21
Sweden	3	3	2	2	2	2
Switzerland	4	4	3	3	3	3
Syrian Arab Republic	18	15	12	11	9	9
Tajikistan	37	36	33	29	26	25
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	17	13	10	8	8	8
Thailand	17	12	10	9	8	8
Timor-Leste	48	43	36	30	25	24
Togo	40	38	36	34	33	32
Tonga	11	10	10	9	8	8
Trinidad and Tobago	23	22	21	20	19	18
Tunisia	23	18	15	12	10	9
Turkey	33	28	21	15	11	10
Turkmenistan	33	30	28	25	23	23
Tuvalu	22	20	18	16	15	14
Uganda	36	35	32	29	26	26
Ukraine	9	9	8	7	6	6
United Arab Emirates	12	9	7	6	4	4
United Kingdom	5	4	4	3	3	3
United Republic of Tanzania	40	40	36	31	27	26
United States of America	6	5	5	4	4	4
Uruguay	11	10	9	7	6	6
Uzbekistan	30	28	26	25	23	23
Vanuatu	16	13	11	9	7	7
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	17	15	13	11	10	10
Viet Nam	23	20	17	14	13	12
Yemen	43	40	37	34	32	32
Zambia	40	40	37	35	31	30
Zimbabwe	27	32	34	31	28	27

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

UNICEF Region	1990	1995	2000	2005	2009	2010	Decline 1990-2010 (%)
AFRICA	41	40	38	36	33	33	20
Sub-Saharan Africa	43	42	40	38	36	35	19
Eastern and Southern Africa	39	39	37	34	31	30	23
West and Central Africa	47	46	44	42	40	39	17
Middle East and North Africa	29	26	23	21	19	18	38
ASIA	37	34	31	27	25	24	35
South Asia	49	45	40	36	34	33	33
East Asia and Pacific	25	22	19	16	13	13	48
Latin America and Caribbean	23	20	16	13	11	11	52
CEE/CIS	21	20	17	14	12	11	48
Industrialized countries	5	4	4	3	3	3	40
Developing countries	36	33	31	28	26	25	31
Least developed countries	47	44	41	37	35	34	28
World	32	31	28	25	23	23	28

Neonatal deaths (thousands)

UNICEF Region	1990	1995	2000	2005	2009	2010	Decline 1990-2010 (%)
AFRICA	1,076	1,134	1,172	1,185	1,172	1,169	-9
Sub-Saharan Africa	969	1,051	1,106	1,129	1,124	1,123	-16
Eastern and Southern Africa	411	441	456	448	429	425	-4
West and Central Africa	514	564	602	631	644	647	-26
Middle East and North Africa	271	231	205	191	183	180	34
ASIA	2,754	2,446	2,099	1,819	1,645	1,602	42
South Asia	1,824	1,694	1,517	1,365	1,264	1,239	32
East Asia and Pacific	930	751	581	454	381	363	61
Latin America and Caribbean	265	226	187	149	122	117	56
CEE/CIS	149	118	90	76	67	65	57
Industrialized countries	61	49	41	38	36	36	42
Developing countries	4,320	3,996	3,615	3,293	3,073	3,019	30
Least developed countries	1,024	1,041	1,029	995	963	956	7
World	4,425	4,075	3,681	3,352	3,127	3,072	31