What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

221 deaths, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Equatorial Guinea

1,490 deaths

in 2024

Sri Lanka

1,269 deaths

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

89th

Sri Lanka rank

92nd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1,490 deaths against 1,269 deaths in Sri Lanka, a difference of 221 deaths.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 89th and Sri Lanka ranks 92nd of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,197 deaths	4,226 deaths	3,029 deaths	Sri Lanka
2000s	1,507 deaths	2,935 deaths	1,428 deaths	Sri Lanka
2010s	1,578 deaths	1,941 deaths	363.5 deaths	Sri Lanka
2020s	1,498 deaths	1,400 deaths	97.2 deaths	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Equatorial Guinea or Sri Lanka?: Equatorial Guinea, at 1,490 deaths against 1,269 deaths in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 221 deaths, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 89th and Sri Lanka ranks 92nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .