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

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

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

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.

Namibia vs Uganda: Mortality rate, neonatal

Namibia

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda

21.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

37th

Uganda rank

39th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Namibia
Uganda

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.3 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, 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 Uganda ahead.

Namibia ranks 37th and Uganda ranks 39th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	30.2 per 1,000 live births	55.4 per 1,000 live births	25.2 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1970s	32.43 per 1,000 live births	52.86 per 1,000 live births	20.43 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1980s	31.1 per 1,000 live births	46.67 per 1,000 live births	15.57 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1990s	27.16 per 1,000 live births	35.6 per 1,000 live births	8.44 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2000s	21.67 per 1,000 live births	28.9 per 1,000 live births	7.23 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	23.91 per 1,000 live births	23.7 per 1,000 live births	0.21 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2020s	22.66 per 1,000 live births	21.56 per 1,000 live births	1.1 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 Uganda?: Namibia, at 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.3 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Namibia and Uganda?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uganda?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Namibia ranks 37th and Uganda ranks 39th 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.