Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 11.5% to 8.50 in Brazil in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Brazil reached an all time high of 49.2 in 1963 and an all time low of 8.50 in 2017. When compared to Brazil's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Bolivia amounted to 18.5, 7.30 in Peru and 19.8 in Venezuela in 2017.
Brazil has been ranked 93rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Bolivia | 22.2 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 19.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 10.7 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.70 | 9.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chile | 5.40 | 5.40 | 5.40 | 5.30 | 5.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 9.80 | 9.50 | 9.20 | 8.80 | 8.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | 22.3 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 20.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru | 9.40 | 9.00 | 8.70 | 8.30 | 8.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19.7 | 19.2 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 14.5 |
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