Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.20% to 31.1 in Djibouti in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Djibouti reached an all time high of 58.5 in 1979 and an all time low of 31.1 in 2019. When compared to Djibouti's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Eritrea amounted to 18.1, 27.8 in Ethiopia, 37.4 in Somalia and 28.2 in Yemen in 2019.
Djibouti has been ranked 15th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Djibouti | 34.7 | 34.0 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 31.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 33.1 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oman | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4.90 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 38.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 28.1 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 |
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