Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.75% to 10.6 in Palestine in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Palestine reached an all time high of 26.2 in 1985 and an all time low of 10.6 in 2019. When compared to Palestine's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Egypt amounted to 10.7, 1.90 in Israel, 9.10 in Jordan and 4.10 in Lebanon in 2019.
Palestine has been ranked 79th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births.
| 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 |
| Cyprus | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.70 | 9.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | 5.00 | 4.80 | 4.60 | 4.40 | 4.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 7.40 | 7.10 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Palestine | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4.90 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
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