Mauritania vs Senegal: Mortality rate, neonatal
Mauritania
20.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
20.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
43rd
Senegal rank
41st
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Mauritania
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 20.9 per 1,000 live births against 20.8 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Mauritania ranks 43rd and Senegal ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Senegal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.88 per 1,000 live births | 59.11 per 1,000 live births | 2.23 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1970s | 55.1 per 1,000 live births | 51.22 per 1,000 live births | 3.88 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 50.26 per 1,000 live births | 43.74 per 1,000 live births | 6.52 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 42.27 per 1,000 live births | 39.67 per 1,000 live births | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 33.43 per 1,000 live births | 32.12 per 1,000 live births | 1.31 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 25.86 per 1,000 live births | 25.46 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 21.84 per 1,000 live births | 22.42 per 1,000 live births | 0.58 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Mauritania or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 20.9 per 1,000 live births against 20.8 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Mauritania and Senegal?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Mauritania ranks 43rd and Senegal ranks 41st 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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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.