What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Uganda and Upper middle income?

14.5 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Upper middle income?

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.

Uganda vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, neonatal

Uganda

21.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Upper middle income

6.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda rank

39th

Upper middle income rank

36th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Uganda
Upper middle income

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 21.3 per 1,000 live births against 6.8 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 14.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Uganda's figure about 3.1 times Upper middle income's.

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

Uganda ranks 39th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Uganda	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	35.6 per 1,000 live births	23.78 per 1,000 live births	11.82 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2000s	28.9 per 1,000 live births	15.02 per 1,000 live births	13.88 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	23.7 per 1,000 live births	8.72 per 1,000 live births	14.98 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2020s	21.56 per 1,000 live births	7.18 per 1,000 live births	14.38 per 1,000 live births	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Uganda or Upper middle income?: Uganda, at 21.3 per 1,000 live births against 6.8 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Uganda and Upper middle income?: 14.5 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Upper middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Uganda and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Uganda ranks 39th and Upper middle income ranks 36th 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.