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

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

Nigeria vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, neonatal

Nigeria

39 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Sudan

39.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria rank

2nd

South Sudan rank

1st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Nigeria
South Sudan

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 39.5 per 1,000 live births against 39 per 1,000 live births in Nigeria, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 36 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st of 197 countries.

South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	South Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1980s	49.4 per 1,000 live births	64.7 per 1,000 live births	15.3 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
1990s	49.21 per 1,000 live births	61.64 per 1,000 live births	12.43 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2000s	41.19 per 1,000 live births	49.59 per 1,000 live births	8.4 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2010s	38.11 per 1,000 live births	40.95 per 1,000 live births	2.84 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2020s	39.2 per 1,000 live births	39.52 per 1,000 live births	0.32 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Nigeria or South Sudan?: South Sudan, at 39.5 per 1,000 live births against 39 per 1,000 live births in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Nigeria and South Sudan?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and South Sudan?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Nigeria ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st 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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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: 244 places, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 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.