What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Botswana and Rwanda?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Rwanda?

60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.

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.

Botswana vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, neonatal

Botswana

17.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda

17.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Botswana rank

52nd

Rwanda rank

53rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Botswana
Rwanda

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 17.6 per 1,000 live births against 17.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Rwanda ahead.

Botswana ranks 52nd and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	38.56 per 1,000 live births	60.22 per 1,000 live births	21.66 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1970s	32.78 per 1,000 live births	61.49 per 1,000 live births	28.71 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1980s	27.8 per 1,000 live births	48.23 per 1,000 live births	20.43 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1990s	13.9 per 1,000 live births	46.77 per 1,000 live births	32.87 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2000s	17.76 per 1,000 live births	32.32 per 1,000 live births	14.56 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2010s	22.54 per 1,000 live births	20.48 per 1,000 live births	2.06 per 1,000 live births	Botswana
2020s	18.48 per 1,000 live births	17.9 per 1,000 live births	0.58 per 1,000 live births	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Botswana or Rwanda?: Botswana, at 17.6 per 1,000 live births against 17.4 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Botswana and Rwanda?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Rwanda?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Botswana ranks 52nd and Rwanda ranks 53rd 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.