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

7.1 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.

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

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.

Sub-Saharan Africa vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, neonatal

Sub-Saharan Africa

26.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zimbabwe

33.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

4th

Zimbabwe rank

5th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 33.7 per 1,000 live births against 26.6 per 1,000 live births in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 7.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sub-Saharan Africa	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	42.76 per 1,000 live births	20.56 per 1,000 live births	22.2 per 1,000 live births	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	35.06 per 1,000 live births	25.36 per 1,000 live births	9.7 per 1,000 live births	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	29.45 per 1,000 live births	27.97 per 1,000 live births	1.48 per 1,000 live births	Sub-Saharan Africa
2020s	27.24 per 1,000 live births	32.78 per 1,000 live births	5.54 per 1,000 live births	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Sub-Saharan Africa or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 33.7 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 Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe?: 7.1 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 47 groups.
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.