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

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

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

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 South Asia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Eswatini

25 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia

16.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

23rd

South Asia rank

23rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Eswatini
South Asia

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 25 per 1,000 live births against 16.6 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 8.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.5 times South Asia's.

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

Eswatini ranks 23rd and South Asia ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 2 and South Asia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	South Asia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	21.68 per 1,000 live births	51.11 per 1,000 live births	29.43 per 1,000 live births	South Asia
2000s	26.87 per 1,000 live births	37.43 per 1,000 live births	10.56 per 1,000 live births	South Asia
2010s	26.81 per 1,000 live births	26.05 per 1,000 live births	0.76 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2020s	25.94 per 1,000 live births	18.28 per 1,000 live births	7.66 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 South Asia?: Eswatini, at 25 per 1,000 live births against 16.6 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Eswatini and South Asia?: 8.4 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and South Asia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and South Asia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Eswatini ranks 23rd and South Asia ranks 23rd 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.