What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Low income and Zimbabwe?

8.8 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Zimbabwe?

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.

Low income vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, neonatal

Low income

24.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

33.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Low income rank

8th

Zimbabwe rank

5th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Low income
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 33.7 per 1,000 live births against 24.9 per 1,000 live births in Low income, a difference of 8.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Low income ahead.

Low income ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	43.13 per 1,000 live births	20.56 per 1,000 live births	22.57 per 1,000 live births	Low income
2000s	34.83 per 1,000 live births	25.36 per 1,000 live births	9.47 per 1,000 live births	Low income
2010s	28.33 per 1,000 live births	27.97 per 1,000 live births	0.36 per 1,000 live births	Low income
2020s	25.68 per 1,000 live births	32.78 per 1,000 live births	7.1 per 1,000 live births	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Low income or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 33.7 per 1,000 live births against 24.9 per 1,000 live births in Low income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Low income and Zimbabwe?: 8.8 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Low income and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Low income ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th 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.