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Iraq: Mortality rate, neonatal

12.50per 1,000 live births · 2024-27.7% since 2014

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Annual figures for Iraq from 1983 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202412.5
202312.9
202213.3
202113.7
202014.2
201914.7
201815.1
201715.6
201616.2
201516.7
201417.3
201317.9
201218.4
201119
201019.6
200920.2
200820.8
200721.3
200621.7
200522.2
200422.5
200322.9
200223.2
200123.6
200023.9
199924.2
199824.4
199724.7
199624.9
199525
199425.2
199325.4
199225.7
199126.2
199026.8
198927.2
198827.4
198727.6
198628.1
198528.7
198429.3
198329.9

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization, World Bank, United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Mortality rate, neonatal. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mortality-rate-neonatal (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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