What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Egypt and Venezuela?

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Venezuela ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

Egypt vs Venezuela: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Egypt

13.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Venezuela

15 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Egypt rank

63rd

Venezuela rank

60th

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time

Egypt
Venezuela

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 15 per 1,000 live births against 13.9 per 1,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 63rd and Venezuela ranks 60th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Venezuela in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1980s	35 per 1,000 live births	12.5 per 1,000 live births	22.5 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
1990s	27.92 per 1,000 live births	12.72 per 1,000 live births	15.2 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
2000s	20.17 per 1,000 live births	10.23 per 1,000 live births	9.94 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
2010s	15.62 per 1,000 live births	13.01 per 1,000 live births	2.61 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
2020s	14.54 per 1,000 live births	15 per 1,000 live births	0.46 per 1,000 live births	Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Egypt or Venezuela?: Venezuela, at 15 per 1,000 live births against 13.9 per 1,000 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Egypt and Venezuela?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Venezuela rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Egypt ranks 63rd and Venezuela ranks 60th of 197 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: 244 places, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 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.