What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Gambia and Madagascar?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Madagascar?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

Gambia vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, neonatal

Gambia

23 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

23.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

30th

Madagascar rank

29th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Gambia
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 23.1 per 1,000 live births against 23 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Gambia ahead.

Gambia ranks 30th and Madagascar ranks 29th of 197 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1980s	50.4 per 1,000 live births	39 per 1,000 live births	11.4 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
1990s	45.39 per 1,000 live births	35.27 per 1,000 live births	10.12 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2000s	36.99 per 1,000 live births	27.95 per 1,000 live births	9.04 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2010s	29.38 per 1,000 live births	23.94 per 1,000 live births	5.44 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2020s	24.12 per 1,000 live births	23.44 per 1,000 live births	0.68 per 1,000 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Gambia or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 23.1 per 1,000 live births against 23 per 1,000 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Gambia and Madagascar?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Madagascar?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Gambia ranks 30th and Madagascar ranks 29th 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.