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

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

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1980 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.

Ethiopia vs Mozambique: Mortality rate, neonatal

Ethiopia

25.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mozambique

25.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

21st

Mozambique rank

22nd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Ethiopia
Mozambique

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 25.1 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 21st and Mozambique ranks 22nd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1980s	64.91 per 1,000 live births	63.17 per 1,000 live births	1.74 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1990s	54.33 per 1,000 live births	54.84 per 1,000 live births	0.51 per 1,000 live births	Mozambique
2000s	43.55 per 1,000 live births	35.65 per 1,000 live births	7.9 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	32.91 per 1,000 live births	27.03 per 1,000 live births	5.88 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	26.7 per 1,000 live births	25.9 per 1,000 live births	0.8 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Ethiopia or Mozambique?: Ethiopia, at 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 25.1 per 1,000 live births in Mozambique as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Ethiopia and Mozambique?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Mozambique?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Mozambique rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Ethiopia ranks 21st 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.