What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Iraq and South Africa?

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Iraq ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and South Africa?

42 years are reported by both, from 1983 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 Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iraq vs South Africa: Neonatal mortality rate

Iraq

1.25 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

South Africa

1.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Iraq rank

68th

South Africa rank

70th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Iraq
South Africa

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 1.25 deaths per 100 live births against 1.24 deaths per 100 live births in South Africa, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.

Iraq ranks 68th and South Africa ranks 70th of 199 countries.

Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.83 deaths per 100 live births	2.27 deaths per 100 live births	0.5656 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
1990s	2.53 deaths per 100 live births	1.79 deaths per 100 live births	0.7361 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2000s	2.22 deaths per 100 live births	1.3 deaths per 100 live births	0.9215 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2010s	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.5169 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2020s	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	0.1329 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Iraq or South Africa?: Iraq, at 1.25 deaths per 100 live births against 1.24 deaths per 100 live births in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Iraq and South Africa?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and South Africa?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Iraq and South Africa rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Iraq ranks 68th and South Africa ranks 70th 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 Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .