Year,Mortality rate neonatal (per 1000 live births) 1960,103.2 1961,101.1 1962,99.1 1963,97.3 1964,95.7 1965,94.3 1966,93.2 1967,92.6 1968,92.5 1969,92.7 1970,93.9 1971,96 1972,94.3 1973,94.9 1974,96 1975,96.2 1976,95.2 1977,94.5 1978,93.3 1979,91.7 1980,89.7 1981,87.5 1982,85 1983,82.3 1984,79.7 1985,77.2 1986,74.8 1987,72.5 1988,70.2 1989,67.9 1990,65.7 1991,63.4 1992,61.1 1993,58.7 1994,56.3 1995,54 1996,51.8 1997,49.6 1998,47.5 1999,45.4 2000,43.4 2001,41.3 2002,39.5 2003,37.8 2004,36.3 2005,34.9 2006,33.5 2007,32.3 2008,31.1 2009,29.9 2010,28.8 2011,27.7 2012,26.6 2013,25.6 2014,24.6 2015,23.5 2016,22.4 2017,21.2 2018,20.1 2019,19.3 2020,18.6 2021,18.2 2022,18 2023,18 2024,17.9