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

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

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 World: Mortality rate, neonatal

Equatorial Guinea

26.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

17.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

20th

World rank

20th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Equatorial Guinea
World

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 9.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.5 times World's.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and World ranks 20th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	48.42 per 1,000 live births	34.23 per 1,000 live births	14.19 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	41.82 per 1,000 live births	26.35 per 1,000 live births	15.47 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	31.94 per 1,000 live births	19.81 per 1,000 live births	12.13 per 1,000 live births	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	27.4 per 1,000 live births	17.78 per 1,000 live births	9.62 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 World?: Equatorial Guinea, at 26.3 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Equatorial Guinea and World?: 9.1 per 1,000 live births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and World rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th and World ranks 20th 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.