Equatorial Guinea vs Middle income: Mortality rate, neonatal

Equatorial Guinea
26.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Middle income
17.02 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
20th
Middle income rank
21st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Middle income
20304050198920062024

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.02 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 9.28 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.5 times Middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

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

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 48.42 per 1,000 live births 36.66 per 1,000 live births 11.76 per 1,000 live births Equatorial Guinea
2000s 41.82 per 1,000 live births 27.69 per 1,000 live births 14.13 per 1,000 live births Equatorial Guinea
2010s 31.94 per 1,000 live births 20.24 per 1,000 live births 11.7 per 1,000 live births Equatorial Guinea
2020s 27.4 per 1,000 live births 17.72 per 1,000 live births 9.68 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 Middle income?
Equatorial Guinea, at 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.02 per 1,000 live births in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Equatorial Guinea and Middle income?
9.28 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Middle income rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and Middle income 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

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