Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.90% to 7.40 in Colombia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Colombia reached an all time high of 39.8 in 1960 and an all time low of 7.40 in 2019. When compared to Colombia's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Brazil amounted to 8.90, 7.00 in Peru and 14.6 in Venezuela in 2019.
Colombia has been ranked 98th 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 |
Bolivia | 17.6 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 14.6 | |||||||||||||||||
Brazil | 9.70 | 9.50 | 10.0 | 9.30 | 9.20 | |||||||||||||||||
Chile | 5.20 | 5.10 | 5.00 | 4.90 | 4.70 | |||||||||||||||||
Colombia | 8.70 | 8.40 | 8.20 | 7.90 | 7.70 | |||||||||||||||||
Guyana | 20.8 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Peru | 8.40 | 8.00 | 7.80 | 7.50 | 7.20 | |||||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Venezuela | 11.3 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.6 |