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

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.

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

56 years are reported by both, from 1969 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 Zambia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Uganda

21.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda rank

39th

Zambia rank

37th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Uganda
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.3 per 1,000 live births in Uganda, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Uganda ahead.

Uganda ranks 39th and Zambia ranks 37th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Uganda averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Uganda	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	55.4 per 1,000 live births	36.2 per 1,000 live births	19.2 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1970s	52.86 per 1,000 live births	34.51 per 1,000 live births	18.35 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1980s	46.67 per 1,000 live births	35.3 per 1,000 live births	11.37 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
1990s	35.6 per 1,000 live births	34.18 per 1,000 live births	1.42 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2000s	28.9 per 1,000 live births	28.39 per 1,000 live births	0.51 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	23.7 per 1,000 live births	23.48 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2020s	21.56 per 1,000 live births	21.62 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Uganda or Zambia?: Zambia, at 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.3 per 1,000 live births in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Uganda and Zambia?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zambia?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
How do Uganda and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Uganda ranks 39th and Zambia ranks 37th 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.