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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini 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.

Eswatini vs World: Mortality rate, neonatal

Eswatini

25 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

17.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

23rd

World rank

20th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Eswatini
World

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 25 per 1,000 live births against 17.2 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 7.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.5 times World's.

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

Eswatini ranks 23rd and World ranks 20th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 3 and World in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	21.68 per 1,000 live births	34.23 per 1,000 live births	12.55 per 1,000 live births	World
2000s	26.87 per 1,000 live births	26.35 per 1,000 live births	0.52 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2010s	26.81 per 1,000 live births	19.81 per 1,000 live births	7 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2020s	25.94 per 1,000 live births	17.78 per 1,000 live births	8.16 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 World?: Eswatini, at 25 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 Eswatini and World?: 7.8 per 1,000 live births, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and World rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Eswatini ranks 23rd 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.