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

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.

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

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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 Mozambique: Mortality rate, neonatal

Eswatini

25 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mozambique

25.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

23rd

Mozambique rank

22nd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Eswatini
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 25.1 per 1,000 live births against 25 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Mozambique ahead.

Eswatini ranks 23rd and Mozambique ranks 22nd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and Mozambique in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1980s	22.23 per 1,000 live births	62.83 per 1,000 live births	40.6 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
1990s	21.68 per 1,000 live births	54.84 per 1,000 live births	33.16 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2000s	26.87 per 1,000 live births	35.65 per 1,000 live births	8.78 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2010s	26.81 per 1,000 live births	27.03 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2020s	25.94 per 1,000 live births	25.9 per 1,000 live births	0.04 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 Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 25.1 per 1,000 live births against 25 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Eswatini and Mozambique?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Mozambique?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Eswatini ranks 23rd and Mozambique ranks 22nd 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.