Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 9.09% to 2.00 in Lithuania in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Lithuania reached an all time high of 10.7 in 1992 and an all time low of 2.00 in 2019. When compared to Lithuania's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Belarus amounted to 1.10, 1.00 in Estonia, 2.30 in Latvia and 2.60 in Russia in 2019.
Lithuania has been ranked 153rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 12 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 |
| Belarus | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 5.80 | 5.30 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.60 | 2.40 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 4.40 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.20 | 2.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.80 | 3.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 5.80 | 5.60 | 5.40 | 5.30 | 5.10 |
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