What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea and Mali?

1.8 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Mali?

49 years are reported by both, from 1976 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 vs Mali: Mortality rate, neonatal

Guinea

29.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mali

28 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guinea rank

13th

Mali rank

16th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Guinea
Mali

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28 per 1,000 live births in Mali, a difference of 1.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Mali ahead.

Guinea ranks 13th and Mali ranks 16th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Mali in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1970s	70.75 per 1,000 live births	90.92 per 1,000 live births	20.17 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1980s	70.1 per 1,000 live births	74.97 per 1,000 live births	4.87 per 1,000 live births	Mali
1990s	56.39 per 1,000 live births	60.59 per 1,000 live births	4.2 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2000s	40.29 per 1,000 live births	45.4 per 1,000 live births	5.11 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2010s	34 per 1,000 live births	35.68 per 1,000 live births	1.68 per 1,000 live births	Mali
2020s	30.8 per 1,000 live births	29.54 per 1,000 live births	1.26 per 1,000 live births	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Guinea or Mali?: Guinea, at 29.8 per 1,000 live births against 28 per 1,000 live births in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Guinea and Mali?: 1.8 per 1,000 live births, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Mali?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Mali rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Guinea ranks 13th and Mali ranks 16th of 196 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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.