What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?

12.4 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality rate, neonatal

Nigeria

39 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

26.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nigeria rank

2nd

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 39 per 1,000 live births against 26.6 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 12.4 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 197 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	49.21 per 1,000 live births	42.76 per 1,000 live births	6.45 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2000s	41.19 per 1,000 live births	35.06 per 1,000 live births	6.13 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2010s	38.11 per 1,000 live births	29.45 per 1,000 live births	8.66 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria
2020s	39.2 per 1,000 live births	27.24 per 1,000 live births	11.96 per 1,000 live births	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Nigeria or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Nigeria, at 39 per 1,000 live births against 26.6 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 12.4 per 1,000 live births, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Nigeria ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th 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.