Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 5.00% to 1.90 in Israel in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Israel reached an all time high of 13.1 in 1975 and an all time low of 1.90 in 2019. When compared to Israel's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Egypt amounted to 10.7, 9.10 in Jordan, 4.10 in Lebanon and 10.8 in Syria in 2019.
Israel has been ranked 155th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births.
| 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 |
| Cyprus | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 6.70 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.80 | 5.50 |
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