Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.60% to 10.7 in Egypt in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Egypt reached an all time high of 66.4 in 1960 and an all time low of 10.7 in 2019. When compared to Egypt's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Israel amounted to 1.90, 6.20 in Libya, 3.60 in Saudi Arabia and 27.3 in Sudan in 2019.
Egypt has been ranked 78th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 6 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 |
| Algeria | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 33.1 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4.90 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 40.3 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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