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

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

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

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.

Eswatini vs Middle income: Mortality rate, neonatal

Eswatini

25 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Middle income

17.02 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

23rd

Middle income rank

21st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Eswatini
Middle income

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 25 per 1,000 live births against 17.02 per 1,000 live births in Middle income, a difference of 7.98 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.5 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Middle income ahead.

Eswatini ranks 23rd and Middle income ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 2 and Middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	21.68 per 1,000 live births	36.66 per 1,000 live births	14.98 per 1,000 live births	Middle income
2000s	26.87 per 1,000 live births	27.69 per 1,000 live births	0.8152 per 1,000 live births	Middle income
2010s	26.81 per 1,000 live births	20.24 per 1,000 live births	6.57 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2020s	25.94 per 1,000 live births	17.72 per 1,000 live births	8.22 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Eswatini or Middle income?: Eswatini, at 25 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 Eswatini and Middle income?: 7.98 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Middle income rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Eswatini ranks 23rd 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: 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.