High income vs Mauritania: Mortality rate, neonatal

High income
2.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania
20.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
High income rank
44th
Mauritania rank
43rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • High income
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 20.8 per 1,000 live births against 2.8 per 1,000 live births in High income, a difference of 18 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 7.4 times High income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

High income ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 43rd of 47 groups.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Mauritania Difference Ahead
1990s 5.88 per 1,000 live births 42.27 per 1,000 live births 36.39 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2000s 4.15 per 1,000 live births 33.43 per 1,000 live births 29.28 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2010s 3.24 per 1,000 live births 25.86 per 1,000 live births 22.62 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2020s 2.82 per 1,000 live births 21.84 per 1,000 live births 19.02 per 1,000 live births Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, High income or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 20.8 per 1,000 live births against 2.8 per 1,000 live births in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between High income and Mauritania?
18 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Mauritania?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do High income and Mauritania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
High income ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
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

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.