What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between IDA blend and Nigeria?

5.84 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Nigeria?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

IDA blend vs Nigeria: Mortality rate, neonatal

IDA blend

33.16 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria

39 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA blend rank

1st

Nigeria rank

2nd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

IDA blend
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 39 per 1,000 live births against 33.16 per 1,000 live births in IDA blend, a difference of 5.84 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times IDA blend's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was IDA blend ahead.

IDA blend ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, IDA blend averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA blend	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	49.58 per 1,000 live births	49.21 per 1,000 live births	0.3741 per 1,000 live births	IDA blend
2000s	42.22 per 1,000 live births	41.19 per 1,000 live births	1.03 per 1,000 live births	IDA blend
2010s	37.08 per 1,000 live births	38.11 per 1,000 live births	1.03 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2020s	34.06 per 1,000 live births	39.2 per 1,000 live births	5.14 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, IDA blend or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 39 per 1,000 live births against 33.16 per 1,000 live births in IDA blend as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between IDA blend and Nigeria?: 5.84 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA blend and Nigeria rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: IDA blend ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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: 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.