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

0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with South Africa ahead.

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1982 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.

Moldova vs South Africa: Neonatal mortality rate

Moldova

1.23 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

South Africa

1.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Moldova rank

73rd

South Africa rank

70th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Moldova
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.24 deaths per 100 live births against 1.23 deaths per 100 live births in Moldova, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was South Africa ahead.

Moldova ranks 73rd and South Africa ranks 70th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Moldova averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Moldova	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.99 deaths per 100 live births	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	0.3065 deaths per 100 live births	South Africa
1990s	2.13 deaths per 100 live births	1.79 deaths per 100 live births	0.3412 deaths per 100 live births	Moldova
2000s	1.53 deaths per 100 live births	1.3 deaths per 100 live births	0.231 deaths per 100 live births	Moldova
2010s	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.0021 deaths per 100 live births	South Africa
2020s	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	0.0015 deaths per 100 live births	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Moldova or South Africa?: South Africa, at 1.24 deaths per 100 live births against 1.23 deaths per 100 live births in Moldova as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Moldova and South Africa?: 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and South Africa?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Moldova and South Africa rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Moldova ranks 73rd 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 .