Botswana vs India: Mortality rate, neonatal
Botswana
17.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India
16.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
52nd
India rank
54th
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Botswana
- India
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 17.6 per 1,000 live births against 16.7 per 1,000 live births in India, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was India ahead.
Botswana ranks 52nd and India ranks 54th of 196 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.4 per 1,000 live births | 85.3 per 1,000 live births | 48.9 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 1970s | 32.78 per 1,000 live births | 80.2 per 1,000 live births | 47.42 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 1980s | 27.8 per 1,000 live births | 65.11 per 1,000 live births | 37.31 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 1990s | 13.9 per 1,000 live births | 51.06 per 1,000 live births | 37.16 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2000s | 17.76 per 1,000 live births | 38.13 per 1,000 live births | 20.37 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2010s | 22.54 per 1,000 live births | 26.67 per 1,000 live births | 4.13 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2020s | 18.48 per 1,000 live births | 18.56 per 1,000 live births | 0.08 per 1,000 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Botswana or India?
- Botswana, at 17.6 per 1,000 live births against 16.7 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Botswana and India?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and India?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and India rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Botswana ranks 52nd and India ranks 54th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.