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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for South Sudan 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.

South Sudan vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mortality rate, neonatal

South Sudan

39.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

26.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Sudan rank

1st

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

South Sudan
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 39.5 per 1,000 live births against 26.6 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 12.9 per 1,000 live births.

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

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

South Sudan ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	61.64 per 1,000 live births	42.76 per 1,000 live births	18.88 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2000s	49.59 per 1,000 live births	35.06 per 1,000 live births	14.53 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2010s	40.95 per 1,000 live births	29.45 per 1,000 live births	11.5 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2020s	39.52 per 1,000 live births	27.24 per 1,000 live births	12.28 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, South Sudan or Sub-Saharan Africa?: South Sudan, at 39.5 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 South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 12.9 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do South Sudan and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: South Sudan ranks 1st 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.