Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.37% to 8.60 in Iran in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Iran reached an all time high of 25.8 in 1989 and an all time low of 8.60 in 2019. When compared to Iran's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Iraq amounted to 14.9, 41.4 in Pakistan and 23.8 in Turkmenistan in 2019.
Iran has been ranked 92nd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 12 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 |
Afghanistan | 41.9 | 40.5 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.2 | |||||||||||||||||
China | 5.80 | 5.30 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.10 | |||||||||||||||||
India | 27.0 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 23.7 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Iran | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.60 | 9.20 | 8.90 | |||||||||||||||||
Iraq | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 6.20 | 5.60 | 5.10 | 4.90 | 4.70 | |||||||||||||||||
Kuwait | 5.00 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.90 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
Turkmenistan | 23.0 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 23.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.80 | 9.20 | 8.60 |