Neonatal deaths - High-income country average rate matched (projection) by country
Countries reporting
195
Highest
63,147
India
Lowest
0
Cook Islands
Median
345
Years covered
6
2025–2030
Data points
1,272
What the numbers show
Neonatal deaths - High-income country average rate matched (projection) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 63,147 in India; the lowest is 0 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 345, and the mean is 1,821.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 186 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 3.7%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Neonatal deaths - High-income country average rate matched: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 63,147 | 2030 | down 77.9% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 22,240 | 2030 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 20,000 | 2030 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 13,866 | 2030 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 5 | China (People’s Republic of) | 13,428 | 2030 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 12,162 | 2030 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 12,109 | 2030 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 8 | United States | 10,421 | 2030 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 9,109 | 2030 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 7,290 | 2030 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 7,072 | 2030 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 6,689 | 2030 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 5,417 | 2030 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 5,269 | 2030 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 15 | Uganda | 4,967 | 2030 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 4,917 | 2030 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Kenya | 4,549 | 2030 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 4,412 | 2030 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Angola | 4,394 | 2030 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 3,951 | 2030 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Mozambique | 3,912 | 2030 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 3,572 | 2030 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 23 | Iraq | 3,503 | 2030 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 24 | Niger | 3,416 | 2030 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 3,209 | 2030 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,045 | 2030 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Mali | 3,026 | 2030 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Madagascar | 2,990 | 2030 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Cameroon | 2,907 | 2030 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2,907 | 2030 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 31 | Türkiye | 2,825 | 2030 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 32 | Chad | 2,645 | 2030 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Ghana | 2,602 | 2030 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Somalia | 2,459 | 2030 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 2,407 | 2030 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 36 | Myanmar | 2,377 | 2030 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Algeria | 2,161 | 2030 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2,160 | 2030 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Zambia | 2,132 | 2030 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 2,036 | 2030 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 1,900 | 2030 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 41 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,900 | 2030 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 1,840 | 2030 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 44 | France | 1,801 | 2030 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 45 | Morocco | 1,675 | 2030 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 46 | Senegal | 1,630 | 2030 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Thailand | 1,547 | 2030 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 48 | Germany | 1,506 | 2030 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 1,492 | 2030 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 1,458 | 2030 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 51 | Nepal | 1,451 | 2030 | down 77.2% | falling |
| 52 | Argentina | 1,449 | 2030 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 53 | Benin | 1,440 | 2030 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Russia | 1,439 | 2030 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea | 1,418 | 2030 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Burundi | 1,401 | 2030 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1,269 | 2030 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 58 | Malaysia | 1,257 | 2030 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 1,218 | 2030 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 1,185 | 2030 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 61 | South Sudan | 1,107 | 2030 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 1,084 | 2030 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 1,067 | 2030 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 64 | Canada | 1,019 | 2030 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 65 | Cambodia | 967 | 2030 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 66 | Togo | 881 | 2030 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 871 | 2030 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 68 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 842 | 2030 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 766 | 2030 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Ecuador | 742 | 2030 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 739 | 2030 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 72 | Sierra Leone | 736 | 2030 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 732 | 2030 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 726 | 2030 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Haiti | 711 | 2030 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Australia | 666 | 2030 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 77 | Ukraine | 658 | 2030 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 654 | 2030 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 79 | Honduras | 649 | 2030 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 80 | Japan | 627 | 2030 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 81 | Italy | 604 | 2030 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 82 | Congo | 599 | 2030 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 83 | Poland | 574 | 2030 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 84 | Mauritania | 539 | 2030 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 532 | 2030 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Spain | 512 | 2030 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 87 | Liberia | 507 | 2030 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Romania | 473 | 2030 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 89 | Netherlands | 471 | 2030 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 90 | Chile | 466 | 2030 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 91 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 434 | 2030 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 418 | 2030 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 93 | Tunisia | 410 | 2030 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 94 | Palestine, State of | 408 | 2030 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 390 | 2030 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 368 | 2030 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 360 | 2030 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 345 | 2030 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 99 | Libya | 330 | 2030 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 100 | Eritrea | 313 | 2030 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 101 | Israel | 266 | 2030 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 101 | Lebanon | 266 | 2030 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 103 | El Salvador | 261 | 2030 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 104 | Oman | 250 | 2030 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 105 | Cuba | 248 | 2030 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 106 | Korea | 240 | 2030 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 107 | Gambia | 232 | 2030 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Namibia | 223 | 2030 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 222 | 2030 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 110 | Belgium | 218 | 2030 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 201 | 2030 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 112 | Gabon | 200 | 2030 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 200 | 2030 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 114 | Guinea-Bissau | 190 | 2030 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | 169 | 2030 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Botswana | 165 | 2030 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Mongolia | 164 | 2030 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 155 | 2030 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 119 | Lesotho | 154 | 2030 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Austria | 150 | 2030 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 121 | Kuwait | 149 | 2030 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 122 | Ireland | 141 | 2030 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 137 | 2030 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 123 | Hungary | 137 | 2030 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 125 | New Zealand | 133 | 2030 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 125 | Serbia | 133 | 2030 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 127 | Greece | 128 | 2030 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 128 | Portugal | 125 | 2030 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 128 | Slovak Republic | 125 | 2030 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 128 | Sweden | 125 | 2030 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 131 | Georgia | 111 | 2030 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 106 | 2030 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 133 | Czechia | 104 | 2030 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 134 | Qatar | 96 | 2030 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 135 | Uruguay | 91 | 2030 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 136 | Timor-Leste | 88 | 2030 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Armenia | 84 | 2030 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 138 | Jamaica | 82 | 2030 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 139 | Eswatini | 80 | 2030 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Republic of Moldova | 78 | 2030 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 75 | 2030 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 142 | Comoros | 70 | 2030 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Djibouti | 69 | 2030 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Norway | 69 | 2030 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 145 | Albania | 66 | 2030 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 66 | 2030 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65 | 2030 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 148 | Bahrain | 58 | 2030 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 148 | Finland | 58 | 2030 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 150 | Singapore | 55 | 2030 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 151 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 53 | 2030 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 152 | Fiji | 45 | 2030 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 153 | Belarus | 44 | 2030 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 154 | Guyana | 43 | 2030 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40 | 2030 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 156 | Cyprus | 34 | 2030 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 157 | Lithuania | 32 | 2030 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritius | 30 | 2030 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 158 | Suriname | 30 | 2030 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 160 | Bhutan | 27 | 2030 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 27 | 2030 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 162 | Belize | 20 | 2030 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20 | 2030 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 164 | Slovenia | 19 | 2030 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 17 | 2030 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 16 | 2030 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 167 | Samoa | 15 | 2030 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 168 | Maldives | 13 | 2030 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 169 | Bahamas | 12 | 2030 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 169 | North Macedonia | 12 | 2030 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 171 | Malta | 11 | 2030 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 10 | 2030 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Latvia | 10 | 2030 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 174 | Kiribati | 9 | 2030 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | 8 | 2030 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 175 | Estonia | 8 | 2030 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7 | 2030 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 6 | 2030 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Tonga | 6 | 2030 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 5 | 2030 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 180 | Montenegro | 5 | 2030 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 180 | Seychelles | 5 | 2030 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 2030 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 183 | Grenada | 3 | 2030 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 2030 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 186 | Dominica | 2 | 2030 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 2 | 2030 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 188 | Andorra | 1 | 2030 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 2030 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 188 | Naoero | 1 | 2030 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Palau | 1 | 2030 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 188 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 2030 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2030 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 194 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2030 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 194 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2030 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 126,509
- South Asia 99,030
- West and Central Africa 65,251
- Eastern and Southern Africa 61,258
- East Asia and Pacific 44,749
- Middle East and North Africa 27,496
- Latin America and Caribbean 24,940
- Europe and Central Asia 20,845
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia 11,610
- North America 11,440
- Western Europe 9,235