What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?

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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Equatorial Guinea

26.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia

25.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

20th

Ethiopia rank

21st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 25.2 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and Ethiopia ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Ethiopia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Ethiopia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	50.1 per 1,000 live births	60.5 per 1,000 live births	10.4 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1990s	48.42 per 1,000 live births	54.33 per 1,000 live births	5.91 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2000s	41.82 per 1,000 live births	43.55 per 1,000 live births	1.73 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	31.94 per 1,000 live births	32.91 per 1,000 live births	0.97 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	27.4 per 1,000 live births	26.7 per 1,000 live births	0.7 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Equatorial Guinea or Ethiopia?: Equatorial Guinea, at 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 25.2 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and Ethiopia ranks 21st 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: 03 September 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.