What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Malawi and Sudan?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sudan?

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.

Malawi vs Sudan: Mortality rate, neonatal

Malawi

23.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

23.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi rank

27th

Sudan rank

26th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Malawi
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 23.7 per 1,000 live births against 23.6 per 1,000 live births in Malawi, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 27th and Sudan ranks 26th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 4 and Sudan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	70 per 1,000 live births	46.8 per 1,000 live births	23.2 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1970s	63.46 per 1,000 live births	45.74 per 1,000 live births	17.72 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1980s	53.81 per 1,000 live births	44.74 per 1,000 live births	9.07 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1990s	44.98 per 1,000 live births	39.98 per 1,000 live births	5 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2000s	31.29 per 1,000 live births	33.59 per 1,000 live births	2.3 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2010s	24.66 per 1,000 live births	28.42 per 1,000 live births	3.76 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2020s	23.8 per 1,000 live births	24.62 per 1,000 live births	0.82 per 1,000 live births	Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Malawi or Sudan?: Sudan, at 23.7 per 1,000 live births against 23.6 per 1,000 live births in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Malawi and Sudan?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sudan?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Malawi ranks 27th and Sudan ranks 26th 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.