What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Gabon and Guyana?

1 per 1,000 live births, with Gabon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Guyana?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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.

Gabon vs Guyana: Mortality rate, neonatal

Gabon

16.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guyana

15.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gabon rank

56th

Guyana rank

58th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Gabon
Guyana

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 16.3 per 1,000 live births against 15.3 per 1,000 live births in Guyana, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Guyana ahead.

Gabon ranks 56th and Guyana ranks 58th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Guyana in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1970s	31.9 per 1,000 live births	33 per 1,000 live births	1.1 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
1980s	29.26 per 1,000 live births	31.6 per 1,000 live births	2.34 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
1990s	26.07 per 1,000 live births	29.87 per 1,000 live births	3.8 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
2000s	26.44 per 1,000 live births	25.1 per 1,000 live births	1.34 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
2010s	21.4 per 1,000 live births	20.54 per 1,000 live births	0.86 per 1,000 live births	Gabon
2020s	17.46 per 1,000 live births	16.34 per 1,000 live births	1.12 per 1,000 live births	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Gabon or Guyana?: Gabon, at 16.3 per 1,000 live births against 15.3 per 1,000 live births in Guyana as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Gabon and Guyana?: 1 per 1,000 live births, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Guyana?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Gabon and Guyana rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Gabon ranks 56th and Guyana ranks 58th 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.