Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.13% to 3.10 in New Zealand in 2015, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in New Zealand reached an all time high of 11.1 in 1968 and an all time low of 3.00 in 2006. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Australia amounted to 2.30, 13.3 in Indonesia, 4.00 in Malaysia and 14.1 in Philippines in 2015.
New Zealand has been ranked 135th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 15 places above 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 |
| Australia | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 14.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 5.80 | 5.30 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 3.30 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 2.90 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.900 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Thailand | 6.40 | 6.10 | 5.90 | 5.60 | 5.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
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