Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Indonesia or Niger?

Indonesia, at 40,915 deaths against 36,634 deaths in Niger as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Indonesia and Niger?

4,281 deaths, with Indonesia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Niger?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 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 deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Indonesia vs Niger: Number of neonatal deaths

Indonesia

40,915 deaths

in 2024

Niger

36,634 deaths

in 2024

Indonesia rank

9th

Niger rank

12th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Indonesia
Niger

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 40,915 deaths against 36,634 deaths in Niger, a difference of 4,281 deaths.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Indonesia has been ahead every year.

Indonesia ranks 9th and Niger ranks 12th of 199 countries.

Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Indonesia	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1970s	210,282 deaths	17,763 deaths	192,519 deaths	Indonesia
1980s	168,570 deaths	22,596 deaths	145,974 deaths	Indonesia
1990s	128,486 deaths	26,181 deaths	102,305 deaths	Indonesia
2000s	95,092 deaths	26,818 deaths	68,275 deaths	Indonesia
2010s	67,824 deaths	31,318 deaths	36,506 deaths	Indonesia
2020s	44,917 deaths	35,601 deaths	9,316 deaths	Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Indonesia or Niger?: Indonesia, at 40,915 deaths against 36,634 deaths in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Indonesia and Niger?: 4,281 deaths, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Niger?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Indonesia and Niger rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Indonesia ranks 9th and Niger ranks 12th 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 deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal 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 .