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Last update: Sep 2012

Trends in neonatal mortality rates, 1960–2011

Country	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2011
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Afghanistan	50	46	43	40	37	36
Albania	17	15	12	9	7	7
Algeria	29	26	23	20	17	17
Andorra	2	2	1	1	1	1
Angola	53	51	48	46	44	43
Antigua and Barbuda	13	10	8	6	4	4
Argentina	16	13	11	9	8	7
Armenia	23	20	17	14	12	11
Australia	5	4	3	3	3	3
Austria	4	4	3	3	3	2
Azerbaijan	31	29	26	23	20	19
Bahamas	9	8	8	7	7	7
Bahrain	7	6	5	4	4	4
Bangladesh	52	46	39	33	27	26
Barbados	9	9	9	9	10	10
Belarus	8	8	6	4	3	3
Belgium	4	4	3	3	2	2
Belize	18	14	12	10	9	8
Benin	40	38	36	34	31	31
Bhutan	44	39	34	30	25	25
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	37	34	30	26	23	22
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	9	6	6	5	5
Botswana	21	18	16	14	12	11
Brazil	27	24	19	14	10	10
Brunei Darussalam	7	6	5	5	4	4
Bulgaria	12	12	11	9	7	7
Burkina Faso	41	40	38	36	35	34
Burundi	49	49	47	45	44	43
Cambodia	37	37	34	27	21	19
Cameroon	36	35	35	34	34	33
Canada	4	4	4	4	4	4
Cape Verde	21	19	16	13	10	10
Central African Republic	46	46	46	46	46	46
Chad	47	46	45	44	43	42
Chile	9	7	6	5	5	5
China	23	22	18	13	9	9
Colombia	19	17	15	13	12	11
Comoros	40	38	36	34	32	32
Congo	35	34	34	33	32	32
Cook Islands	9	9	9	7	5	5
Costa Rica	10	9	8	6	6	6
Côte d'Ivoire	47	46	44	43	42	41
Croatia	8	7	5	4	3	3
Cuba	7	5	4	3	3	3
Cyprus	5	4	3	2	2	1
Czech Republic	10	6	4	3	2	2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	22	31	26	17	17	17
Democratic Republic of the Congo	49	49	49	49	47	47
Denmark	4	4	3	3	3	2
Djibouti	39	38	36	35	33	33
Dominica	12	11	10	9	9	8
Dominican Republic	26	22	19	17	14	14
Ecuador	19	16	14	12	11	10
Egypt	20	16	13	10	8	7
El Salvador	18	16	12	9	7	6
Equatorial Guinea	47	45	43	40	38	37
Eritrea	32	30	27	24	22	21
Estonia	12	8	5	3	2	2
Ethiopia	52	48	44	38	32	31
Fiji	12	11	10	9	8	8
Finland	4	3	2	2	2	2
France	3	3	3	2	2	2
Gabon	32	30	28	26	25	24
Gambia	44	42	39	37	34	34
Georgia	27	24	21	18	15	15
Germany	4	3	3	3	2	2
Ghana	38	36	34	32	30	29
Greece	9	7	5	3	3	3
Grenada	10	9	8	7	7	7
Guatemala	28	24	20	18	15	15
Guinea	52	50	46	43	40	39
Guinea-Bissau	50	48	47	45	44	44
Guyana	29	27	25	22	20	20
Haiti	37	34	31	28	27	25
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	22	19	16	13	11	11
Hungary	13	9	7	5	4	4
Iceland	3	3	2	1	1	1
India	47	44	40	37	33	32
Indonesia	29	25	22	19	16	15
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	27	23	21	17	14	14
Iraq	23	22	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	19	17	15	13	12	11
Japan	3	2	2	1	1	1
Jordan	19	17	16	14	12	12
Kazakhstan	24	22	19	17	15	14
Kenya	32	33	33	30	27	27
Kiribati	28	26	24	21	19	19
Kuwait	10	8	7	6	5	5
Kyrgyzstan	28	25	22	19	16	16
Lao People's Democratic Republic	38	32	27	22	18	17
Latvia	13	14	11	8	5	5
Lebanon	16	13	10	8	6	5
Lesotho	45	43	42	41	39	39
Liberia	49	47	41	35	28	27
Libya	21	18	15	12	10	10
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	10	9	6	4	3	3
Luxembourg	4	3	2	2	2	1
Madagascar	40	36	32	28	24	23
Malawi	48	44	39	33	28	27
Malaysia	9	7	6	4	4	3
Maldives	36	32	24	14	7	6
Mali	58	56	54	52	50	49
Malta	7	6	5	4	4	4
Marshall Islands	19	17	15	14	12	12
Mauritania	43	42	42	41	41	40
Mauritius	16	15	12	10	9	9
Mexico	17	15	12	9	7	7
Micronesia (Federated States of)	21	20	19	18	18	17
Monaco	4	4	3	2	2	2
Mongolia	27	23	20	16	12	12
Montenegro	11	10	8	6	5	5
Morocco	35	30	26	23	19	19
Mozambique	53	51	45	40	35	34
Myanmar	42	39	36	33	31	30
Namibia	29	26	24	21	19	18
Nauru	22	22	22	22	22	22
Nepal	51	45	39	33	28	27
Netherlands	5	4	4	3	3	3
New Zealand	4	4	3	3	3	3
Nicaragua	25	21	18	15	13	12
Niger	49	46	42	37	33	32
Nigeria	51	51	48	44	40	39
Niue	7	8	13	13	11	10
Norway	4	3	3	2	2	2
Occupied Palestinian Territory	22	19	17	15	13	13
Oman	21	16	12	8	5	5
Pakistan	48	46	42	39	36	36
Palau	14	13	12	10	9	9
Panama	14	12	11	10	9	9
Papua New Guinea	29	28	26	24	23	23
Paraguay	24	21	18	16	13	13
Peru	26	21	17	13	10	9
Philippines	22	19	17	15	13	12
Poland	11	9	6	5	4	3
Portugal	7	5	3	2	2	2
Qatar	10	8	6	5	4	4
Republic of Korea	3	3	2	2	2	2
Republic of Moldova	15	13	11	9	8	8
Romania	17	15	13	11	8	8
Russian Federation	13	12	11	9	7	6
Rwanda	39	42	43	32	23	21
Saint Kitts and Nevis	17	14	11	8	6	5
Saint Lucia	13	11	11	10	9	9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16	14	14	14	13	13
Samoa	11	10	9	8	8	8
San Marino	5	4	2	1	1	1
Sao Tome and Principe	31	30	30	30	29	29
Saudi Arabia	20	15	11	8	6	5
Senegal	40	41	39	33	27	26
Serbia	15	11	8	6	5	4
Seychelles	10	9	9	9	9	9
Sierra Leone	58	58	56	53	50	49
Singapore	4	2	2	1	1	1
Slovakia	12	9	7	6	4	4
Slovenia	5	4	3	3	2	2
Solomon Islands	17	16	14	12	11	10
Somalia	50	50	50	50	50	50
South Africa	26	25	23	22	20	19
South Sudan	50	47	44	41	38	38
Spain	7	5	4	3	3	3
Sri Lanka	16	14	11	10	8	8
Sudan	38	36	35	33	31	31
Suriname	24	22	20	18	16	16
Swaziland	32	31	32	34	35	35
Sweden	3	3	2	2	2	1
Switzerland	4	4	3	3	3	3
Syrian Arab Republic	18	14	12	10	9	9
Tajikistan	35	35	32	28	25	25
Thailand	18	13	11	9	8	8
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	17	13	10	8	7	6
Timor-Leste	48	43	37	30	25	24
Togo	42	40	39	37	36	36
Tonga	12	11	10	9	8	8
Trinidad and Tobago	23	22	21	20	19	18
Tunisia	23	19	16	12	10	9
Turkey	29	24	18	13	10	9
Turkmenistan	31	29	26	24	22	22
Tuvalu	22	20	18	16	14	14
Uganda	39	38	35	32	28	28
Ukraine	8	8	8	7	5	5
United Arab Emirates	12	9	7	6	4	4
United Kingdom	5	4	4	3	3	3
United Republic of Tanzania	41	40	36	31	26	25
United States	6	5	5	4	4	4
Uruguay	11	10	9	7	6	5
Uzbekistan	20	19	18	16	15	15
Vanuatu	16	14	11	9	7	7
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15	13	12	10	9	8
Viet Nam	22	19	17	14	12	12
Yemen	43	40	37	35	32	32
Zambia	43	41	36	32	28	27
Zimbabwe	32	30	30	30	30	30

Neonatal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

UNICEF Region	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2011	Decline 1990-2011 (%)
Sub-Saharan Africa	45	44	42	38	35	34	24
Eastern and Southern Africa	43	41	38	34	30	29	32
West and Central Africa	48	47	46	43	40	39	18
Middle East and North Africa	27	24	21	19	17	16	39
South Asia	48	44	40	36	33	32	33
East Asia and Pacific	24	22	19	15	12	11	54
Latin America and Caribbean	22	19	16	13	10	10	55
CEE/CIS	19	18	15	12	10	10	50
World	32	31	28	25	22	22	32

Neonatal deaths (thousands)

UNICEF Region	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2011	Decline 1990-2011 (%)
Sub-Saharan Africa	1,018	1,092	1,135	1,140	1,126	1,122	-10
Eastern and Southern Africa	456	476	479	459	433	429	6
West and Central Africa	530	582	621	646	657	658	-24
Middle East and North Africa	244	207	184	171	161	158	35
South Asia	1,784	1,682	1,519	1,362	1,227	1,199	33
East Asia and Pacific	895	746	577	433	330	312	65
Latin America and Caribbean	256	221	184	145	112	107	58
CEE/CIS	136	105	80	68	59	57	58
World	4,362	4,068	3,686	3,321	3,016	2,955	32