What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cameroon and Eswatini?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Eswatini?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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.

Cameroon vs Eswatini: Mortality rate, neonatal

Cameroon

24.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini

25 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cameroon rank

24th

Eswatini rank

23rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Cameroon
Eswatini

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 25 per 1,000 live births against 24.8 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 24th and Eswatini ranks 23rd of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Eswatini in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Eswatini	Difference	Ahead
1980s	44.07 per 1,000 live births	22.23 per 1,000 live births	21.84 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
1990s	38.94 per 1,000 live births	21.68 per 1,000 live births	17.26 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2000s	33.36 per 1,000 live births	26.87 per 1,000 live births	6.49 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2010s	29.59 per 1,000 live births	26.81 per 1,000 live births	2.78 per 1,000 live births	Cameroon
2020s	25.76 per 1,000 live births	25.94 per 1,000 live births	0.18 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Cameroon or Eswatini?: Eswatini, at 25 per 1,000 live births against 24.8 per 1,000 live births in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cameroon and Eswatini?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Eswatini?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Eswatini rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Cameroon ranks 24th and Eswatini ranks 23rd 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.