What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Liberia and Niger?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Niger?

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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.

Liberia vs Niger: Mortality rate, neonatal

Liberia

32.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Niger

32.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Liberia rank

7th

Niger rank

8th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Liberia
Niger

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 32.9 per 1,000 live births against 32.8 per 1,000 live births in Niger, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Liberia ahead.

Liberia ranks 7th and Niger ranks 8th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1960s	93 per 1,000 live births	60.2 per 1,000 live births	32.8 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1970s	81.87 per 1,000 live births	60.78 per 1,000 live births	21.09 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1980s	66.86 per 1,000 live births	57.24 per 1,000 live births	9.62 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
1990s	56.95 per 1,000 live births	50.54 per 1,000 live births	6.41 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2000s	41.51 per 1,000 live births	38.62 per 1,000 live births	2.89 per 1,000 live births	Liberia
2010s	34.05 per 1,000 live births	34.34 per 1,000 live births	0.29 per 1,000 live births	Niger
2020s	33.2 per 1,000 live births	33.54 per 1,000 live births	0.34 per 1,000 live births	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Liberia or Niger?: Liberia, at 32.9 per 1,000 live births against 32.8 per 1,000 live births in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Liberia and Niger?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Niger?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Liberia and Niger rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Liberia ranks 7th and Niger ranks 8th 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.