Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 7.14% to 1.30 in Montenegro in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Montenegro reached an all time high of 11.5 in 1989 and an all time low of 1.30 in 2019. When compared to Montenegro's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Albania amounted to 7.50, 4.20 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3.00 in Croatia and 3.60 in Serbia in 2019.
Montenegro has been ranked 167th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 41 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 |
| Albania | 5.90 | 6.00 | 6.30 | 6.70 | 7.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.50 | 4.40 | 4.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 3.10 | 3.10 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.50 | 2.40 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 2.20 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.00 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Macedonia | 7.90 | 8.10 | 7.80 | 6.80 | 5.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 2.60 | 2.30 | 1.90 | 1.70 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 4.70 | 4.30 | 3.90 | 3.60 | 3.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 4.20 | 4.00 | 3.80 | 3.70 | 3.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.30 |
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