What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Brazil and Ecuador?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ecuador?

62 years are reported by both, from 1963 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.

Brazil vs Ecuador: Mortality rate, neonatal

Brazil

7.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ecuador

7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Brazil rank

110th

Ecuador rank

111th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Brazil
Ecuador

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 7.1 per 1,000 live births against 7 per 1,000 live births in Ecuador, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Ecuador ahead.

Brazil ranks 110th and Ecuador ranks 111th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Ecuador in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Ecuador	Difference	Ahead
1960s	48.51 per 1,000 live births	53.23 per 1,000 live births	4.71 per 1,000 live births	Ecuador
1970s	41.81 per 1,000 live births	41.75 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1980s	30.38 per 1,000 live births	28.32 per 1,000 live births	2.06 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
1990s	21.67 per 1,000 live births	19.02 per 1,000 live births	2.65 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2000s	14.48 per 1,000 live births	11.55 per 1,000 live births	2.93 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2010s	9.89 per 1,000 live births	7.64 per 1,000 live births	2.25 per 1,000 live births	Brazil
2020s	8.22 per 1,000 live births	7.1 per 1,000 live births	1.12 per 1,000 live births	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Brazil or Ecuador?: Brazil, at 7.1 per 1,000 live births against 7 per 1,000 live births in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Brazil and Ecuador?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ecuador?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Ecuador rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Brazil ranks 110th and Ecuador ranks 111th 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.