What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths by region between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?

221, 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?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Number of neonatal deaths by region

Equatorial Guinea

1,490

in 2024

Sri Lanka

1,269

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

89th

Sri Lanka rank

92nd

Number of neonatal deaths by region over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sri Lanka

How they compare

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

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 195 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	4,226	3,029	Sri Lanka
2000s	1,507	2,935	1,428	Sri Lanka
2010s	1,578	1,941	363.5	Sri Lanka
2020s	1,498	1,400	97.2	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths by region, Equatorial Guinea or Sri Lanka?: Equatorial Guinea, at 1,490 against 1,269 in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths by region between Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka?: 221, 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 deaths by region?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 89th and Sri Lanka ranks 92nd of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths by region
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, UN Population Division), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 9,865 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

The estimated number of neonates – babies under 28 days old – who die each year.