What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Ghana and Myanmar?

1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Myanmar?

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.

Ghana vs Myanmar: Mortality rate, neonatal

Ghana

18.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Myanmar

19.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ghana rank

49th

Myanmar rank

47th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Ghana
Myanmar

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 19.6 per 1,000 live births against 18.1 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 1.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

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

Ghana ranks 49th and Myanmar ranks 47th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Myanmar in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Myanmar	Difference	Ahead
1980s	43 per 1,000 live births	47 per 1,000 live births	4 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
1990s	39.05 per 1,000 live births	42.39 per 1,000 live births	3.34 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2000s	32.42 per 1,000 live births	32.88 per 1,000 live births	0.46 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2010s	24.86 per 1,000 live births	24.84 per 1,000 live births	0.02 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2020s	19.22 per 1,000 live births	20.6 per 1,000 live births	1.38 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Ghana or Myanmar?: Myanmar, at 19.6 per 1,000 live births against 18.1 per 1,000 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Ghana and Myanmar?: 1.5 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Myanmar?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Myanmar rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Ghana ranks 49th and Myanmar ranks 47th 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.