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

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

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

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 Zambia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Namibia

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

37th

Zambia rank

37th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Namibia
Zambia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.4 per 1,000 live births in Zambia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Zambia ahead.

Namibia ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 37th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	30.2 per 1,000 live births	36.2 per 1,000 live births	6 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
1970s	32.43 per 1,000 live births	34.51 per 1,000 live births	2.08 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
1980s	31.1 per 1,000 live births	35.3 per 1,000 live births	4.2 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
1990s	27.16 per 1,000 live births	34.18 per 1,000 live births	7.02 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2000s	21.67 per 1,000 live births	28.39 per 1,000 live births	6.72 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	23.91 per 1,000 live births	23.48 per 1,000 live births	0.43 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2020s	22.66 per 1,000 live births	21.62 per 1,000 live births	1.04 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 Zambia?: Namibia, at 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.4 per 1,000 live births in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Namibia and Zambia?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Zambia?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Namibia ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 37th 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.