What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kenya and Mauritania?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mauritania?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Kenya vs Mauritania: Mortality rate, neonatal

Kenya

20.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mauritania

20.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya rank

44th

Mauritania rank

43rd

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Kenya
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 20.8 per 1,000 live births against 20.7 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 43rd of 197 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	43.25 per 1,000 live births	56.88 per 1,000 live births	13.63 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania
1970s	35.79 per 1,000 live births	55.1 per 1,000 live births	19.31 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania
1980s	29.64 per 1,000 live births	50.26 per 1,000 live births	20.62 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania
1990s	26.46 per 1,000 live births	42.27 per 1,000 live births	15.81 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania
2000s	24.9 per 1,000 live births	33.43 per 1,000 live births	8.53 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania
2010s	23.06 per 1,000 live births	25.86 per 1,000 live births	2.8 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania
2020s	21.38 per 1,000 live births	21.84 per 1,000 live births	0.46 per 1,000 live births	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kenya or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 20.8 per 1,000 live births against 20.7 per 1,000 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kenya and Mauritania?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mauritania?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Mauritania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Kenya ranks 44th and Mauritania ranks 43rd 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.