What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea-Bissau and Liberia?

0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Liberia?

38 years are reported by both, from 1987 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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Liberia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Guinea-Bissau

32 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Liberia

32.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau rank

9th

Liberia rank

7th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Guinea-Bissau
Liberia

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 32.9 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 9th and Liberia ranks 7th of 197 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Liberia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	65 per 1,000 live births	62.73 per 1,000 live births	2.27 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	60.6 per 1,000 live births	56.95 per 1,000 live births	3.65 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	51.15 per 1,000 live births	41.51 per 1,000 live births	9.64 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	39.95 per 1,000 live births	34.05 per 1,000 live births	5.9 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	33.46 per 1,000 live births	33.2 per 1,000 live births	0.26 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Guinea-Bissau or Liberia?: Liberia, at 32.9 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea-Bissau and Liberia?: 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Liberia?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Liberia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 9th and Liberia ranks 7th 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.