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

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

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

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.

Upper middle income vs Zambia: Mortality rate, neonatal

Upper middle income

6.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Upper middle income rank

36th

Zambia rank

37th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Upper middle income
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 21.4 per 1,000 live births against 6.8 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 14.6 per 1,000 live births.

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

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

Upper middle income ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 37th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Upper middle income	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	23.78 per 1,000 live births	34.18 per 1,000 live births	10.4 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2000s	15.02 per 1,000 live births	28.39 per 1,000 live births	13.37 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	8.72 per 1,000 live births	23.48 per 1,000 live births	14.76 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2020s	7.18 per 1,000 live births	21.62 per 1,000 live births	14.44 per 1,000 live births	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Upper middle income or Zambia?: Zambia, at 21.4 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 Upper middle income and Zambia?: 14.6 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Zambia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Upper middle income and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Upper middle income ranks 36th and Zambia ranks 37th 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.