What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Grenada and South Africa?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and South Africa?

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.

Grenada vs South Africa: Mortality rate, neonatal

Grenada

12.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Africa

12.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Grenada rank

72nd

South Africa rank

70th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Grenada
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 12.4 per 1,000 live births against 12.3 per 1,000 live births in Grenada, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Grenada ranks 72nd and South Africa ranks 70th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Grenada averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Grenada	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	13 per 1,000 live births	21 per 1,000 live births	8 per 1,000 live births	South Africa
1990s	9.38 per 1,000 live births	17.9 per 1,000 live births	8.52 per 1,000 live births	South Africa
2000s	8.03 per 1,000 live births	13.03 per 1,000 live births	5 per 1,000 live births	South Africa
2010s	11.09 per 1,000 live births	11.89 per 1,000 live births	0.8 per 1,000 live births	South Africa
2020s	12.56 per 1,000 live births	11.98 per 1,000 live births	0.58 per 1,000 live births	Grenada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Grenada or South Africa?: South Africa, at 12.4 per 1,000 live births against 12.3 per 1,000 live births in Grenada as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Grenada and South Africa?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and South Africa?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Grenada and South Africa rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Grenada ranks 72nd and South Africa ranks 70th 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.