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

0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.

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

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 Malawi: Mortality rate, neonatal

Gambia

23 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi

23.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

30th

Malawi rank

27th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Gambia
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 23.6 per 1,000 live births against 23 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Malawi ahead.

Gambia ranks 30th and Malawi ranks 27th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1980s	50.4 per 1,000 live births	50.9 per 1,000 live births	0.5 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1990s	45.39 per 1,000 live births	44.98 per 1,000 live births	0.41 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2000s	36.99 per 1,000 live births	31.29 per 1,000 live births	5.7 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2010s	29.38 per 1,000 live births	24.66 per 1,000 live births	4.72 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2020s	24.12 per 1,000 live births	23.8 per 1,000 live births	0.32 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 Malawi?: Malawi, at 23.6 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 Malawi?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Malawi?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Malawi rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Gambia ranks 30th and Malawi ranks 27th 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.