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

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

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

Niue vs South Africa: Neonatal mortality rate

Niue

1.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

South Africa

1.24 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Niue rank

71st

South Africa rank

70th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Niue
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.24 deaths per 100 live births against 1.24 deaths per 100 live births in Niue, a difference of 0 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was South Africa ahead.

Niue ranks 71st and South Africa ranks 70th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niue	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.36 deaths per 100 live births	2.1 deaths per 100 live births	0.7398 deaths per 100 live births	South Africa
1990s	1.52 deaths per 100 live births	1.79 deaths per 100 live births	0.2739 deaths per 100 live births	South Africa
2000s	1.91 deaths per 100 live births	1.3 deaths per 100 live births	0.6104 deaths per 100 live births	Niue
2010s	1.68 deaths per 100 live births	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.4959 deaths per 100 live births	Niue
2020s	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	1.2 deaths per 100 live births	0.1313 deaths per 100 live births	Niue

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Niue or South Africa?: South Africa, at 1.24 deaths per 100 live births against 1.24 deaths per 100 live births in Niue as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Niue and South Africa?: 0 deaths per 100 live births, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niue and South Africa?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Niue and South Africa rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Niue ranks 71st 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 .