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Neonatal mortality rate in India

Name: Neonatal mortality rate
Creator: World Health Organization
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Deaths during the first 28 completed days of life per 1,000 live births, both sexes.

16.66per 1,000 live births

2024Observation year

-5.00% from 2023

Source note for 2024: {"display":"16.7 [14.9-18.6]","low":"14.911210548","high":"18.592113374","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}

per 1,000 live births · World Health Organization · Missing observations remain gaps.

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Neonatal mortality rate · India · per 1,000 live births
Year	Value	Status & source note
2024	16.659251727	present · {"display":"16.7 [14.9-18.6]","low":"14.911210548","high":"18.592113374","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2023	17.535667664	present · {"display":"17.5 [15.9-19.3]","low":"15.923707903","high":"19.310532003","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2022	18.494081442	present · {"display":"18.5 [17.0-20.1]","low":"16.997375740","high":"20.144909065","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2021	19.528640318	present · {"display":"19.5 [18.1-21.1]","low":"18.101924213","high":"21.062652354","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2020	20.622068540	present · {"display":"20.6 [19.2-22.1]","low":"19.245348304","high":"22.089173731","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2019	21.793252902	present · {"display":"21.8 [20.4-23.2]","low":"20.423067569","high":"23.235480232","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2018	22.988954453	present · {"display":"23.0 [21.6-24.5]","low":"21.601738493","high":"24.459344240","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2017	23.970742778	present · {"display":"24.0 [22.6-25.5]","low":"22.561274987","high":"25.475852328","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2016	24.976882887	present · {"display":"25.0 [23.5-26.5]","low":"23.516488339","high":"26.515675830","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2015	26.022161927	present · {"display":"26.0 [24.5-27.6]","low":"24.480014932","high":"27.597446092","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2014	27.097041201	present · {"display":"27.1 [25.5-28.7]","low":"25.483594475","high":"28.731467155","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2013	28.218098888	present · {"display":"28.2 [26.6-29.9]","low":"26.550200952","high":"29.936789788","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2012	29.360183198	present · {"display":"29.4 [27.6-31.2]","low":"27.589517787","high":"31.173383356","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2011	30.537108055	present · {"display":"30.5 [28.7-32.4]","low":"28.685498203","high":"32.411057267","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2010	31.690497868	present · {"display":"31.7 [29.8-33.7]","low":"29.778828872","high":"33.651887725","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2009	32.848085473	present · {"display":"32.8 [30.8-35.0]","low":"30.797595016","high":"34.989803070","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2008	33.975455392	present · {"display":"34.0 [31.8-36.2]","low":"31.837179032","high":"36.217005334","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2007	35.102904204	present · {"display":"35.1 [32.9-37.4]","low":"32.859613481","high":"37.412620957","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2006	36.219807665	present · {"display":"36.2 [33.9-38.6]","low":"33.931970022","high":"38.591979043","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2005	37.357979801	present · {"display":"37.4 [35.0-39.7]","low":"34.989895868","high":"39.745986627","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2004	38.553572210	present · {"display":"38.6 [36.1-41.0]","low":"36.105278469","high":"40.989037814","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2003	39.830739785	present · {"display":"39.8 [37.4-42.3]","low":"37.356373067","high":"42.295992560","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2002	41.142251580	present · {"display":"41.1 [38.6-43.6]","low":"38.620342317","high":"43.645483584","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2001	42.466958805	present · {"display":"42.5 [39.9-45.0]","low":"39.939333169","high":"45.032076270","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}
2000	43.823889931	present · {"display":"43.8 [41.3-46.5]","low":"41.253563972","high":"46.450960283","comments":"The UN IGME estimates are not the official statistics of India. The Sample Registration System (SRS) of ORGI is the official data source of India for all mortality estimates."}

Definition & method

WHO/UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation country estimates. NumericValue is the central estimate; original displayed intervals and comments are retained in source notes.

Deaths during the first 28 completed days of life per 1,000 live births, both sexes.

What to keep in mind

Estimated mortality rates include uncertainty; the source note retains original displayed intervals.
This is a population statistic, not individual clinical guidance.
New source vintages may revise historical estimates.

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Publisher: World Health Organization
Dataset: Neonatal mortality rate
Observation period: 2024 · annual
Source collection updated: Not supplied by publisher
Original source release date: Not supplied by publisher
Snapshot retrieved: October 4, 2026
License: CC BY 4.0 with WHO additional terms
Public release: release-b6738a17-0b53-4c6c-895d-b6bbb403fb87
Series identifier: series-0b5f7d0a6459013b8ff491bc29e6f02f

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World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, WHOSIS_000003; accessed 2026-10-04T16:38:17.924Z. World Signals Monitor is responsible for this selection; WHO does not endorse the site or its analysis. Neonatal mortality rate, India, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2026; release-b6738a17-0b53-4c6c-895d-b6bbb403fb87.