What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Namibia and East Timor?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and East Timor?

39 years are reported by both, from 1986 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.

Namibia vs East Timor: Mortality rate, neonatal

Namibia

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor

21.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

37th

East Timor rank

36th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Namibia
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 21.6 per 1,000 live births against 21.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was East Timor ahead.

Namibia ranks 37th and East Timor ranks 36th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1980s	29.5 per 1,000 live births	61.67 per 1,000 live births	32.17 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
1990s	27.16 per 1,000 live births	50.45 per 1,000 live births	23.29 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2000s	21.67 per 1,000 live births	33.17 per 1,000 live births	11.5 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2010s	23.91 per 1,000 live births	25.33 per 1,000 live births	1.42 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2020s	22.66 per 1,000 live births	22.46 per 1,000 live births	0.2 per 1,000 live births	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Namibia or East Timor?: East Timor, at 21.6 per 1,000 live births against 21.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Namibia and East Timor?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and East Timor?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
How do Namibia and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Namibia ranks 37th and East Timor ranks 36th 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.