Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.25% to 14.9 in Iraq in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Iraq reached an all time high of 30.0 in 1983 and an all time low of 14.9 in 2019. When compared to Iraq's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Iran amounted to 8.60, 4.90 in Kuwait, 3.60 in Saudi Arabia and 10.8 in Syria in 2019.
Iraq has been ranked 61st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places above 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 |
| Bahrain | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 3.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.60 | 9.20 | 8.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.70 | 9.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | 5.00 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | 5.00 | 4.80 | 4.60 | 4.40 | 4.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 46.2 | 45.2 | 44.3 | 43.3 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4.90 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 6.70 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.80 | 5.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 23.0 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 23.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 28.1 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 |
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