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

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.

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

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 Niger: Mortality rate, neonatal

Guinea-Bissau

32 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Niger

32.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau rank

9th

Niger rank

8th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Guinea-Bissau
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 32.8 per 1,000 live births against 32 per 1,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.8 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 Niger ranks 8th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1980s	65 per 1,000 live births	56.77 per 1,000 live births	8.23 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	60.6 per 1,000 live births	50.54 per 1,000 live births	10.06 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	51.15 per 1,000 live births	38.62 per 1,000 live births	12.53 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	39.95 per 1,000 live births	34.34 per 1,000 live births	5.61 per 1,000 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	33.46 per 1,000 live births	33.54 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Guinea-Bissau or Niger?: Niger, at 32.8 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 Niger?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Niger?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Niger rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 9th and Niger ranks 8th 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.