Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 4.59% to 10.4 in Azerbaijan in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Azerbaijan reached an all time high of 36.9 in 1996 and an all time low of 10.4 in 2019. When compared to Azerbaijan's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Azerbaijan amounted to 10.4, 5.20 in Georgia, 8.60 in Iran and 2.60 in Russia in 2019.
Azerbaijan has been ranked 80th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 19 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 |
| Armenia | 7.80 | 7.40 | 7.00 | 6.70 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 14.7 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 10.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 5.80 | 5.30 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 7.30 | 6.70 | 6.20 | 5.80 | 5.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.60 | 9.20 | 8.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 46.2 | 45.2 | 44.3 | 43.3 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 4.40 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.20 | 2.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 6.70 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.80 | 5.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 23.0 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 23.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.80 | 3.70 |
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