Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.45% to 19.9 in East Timor in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in East Timor reached an all time high of 61.5 in 1986 and an all time low of 19.9 in 2019. When compared to East Timor's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Australia amounted to 2.40, 12.2 in Indonesia, 4.60 in Malaysia and 22.0 in Papua New Guinea in 2019.
East Timor has been ranked 50th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places 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 |
| Australia | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 14.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | 22.4 | 21.9 | 21.4 | 20.9 | 20.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 3.30 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 2.90 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.900 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 6.40 | 6.10 | 5.90 | 5.60 | 5.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
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