What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Uganda and Yemen?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Yemen?

60 years are reported by both, from 1965 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 Yemen: Mortality rate, neonatal

Uganda

21.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Yemen

20.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda rank

39th

Yemen rank

41st

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Uganda
Yemen

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 21.3 per 1,000 live births against 20.9 per 1,000 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Yemen ahead.

Uganda ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 41st of 197 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Uganda	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	57.72 per 1,000 live births	80.42 per 1,000 live births	22.7 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1970s	52.86 per 1,000 live births	68.8 per 1,000 live births	15.94 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1980s	46.67 per 1,000 live births	51.26 per 1,000 live births	4.59 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1990s	35.6 per 1,000 live births	40.66 per 1,000 live births	5.06 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2000s	28.9 per 1,000 live births	31.9 per 1,000 live births	3 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2010s	23.7 per 1,000 live births	24.54 per 1,000 live births	0.84 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2020s	21.56 per 1,000 live births	21.72 per 1,000 live births	0.16 per 1,000 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Uganda or Yemen?: Uganda, at 21.3 per 1,000 live births against 20.9 per 1,000 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Uganda and Yemen?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Yemen?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Uganda and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Uganda ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 41st 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.