Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Malawi or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 16,739 deaths against 15,906 deaths in Malawi as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Malawi and Zimbabwe?

833 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?

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.

Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Number of neonatal deaths

Malawi

15,906 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

16,739 deaths

in 2024

Malawi rank

32nd

Zimbabwe rank

29th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Malawi
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 16,739 deaths against 15,906 deaths in Malawi, a difference of 833 deaths.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 32nd and Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	17,556 deaths	9,793 deaths	7,763 deaths	Malawi
1980s	20,418 deaths	10,631 deaths	9,786 deaths	Malawi
1990s	21,782 deaths	7,635 deaths	14,146 deaths	Malawi
2000s	17,228 deaths	11,477 deaths	5,750 deaths	Malawi
2010s	14,988 deaths	13,828 deaths	1,161 deaths	Malawi
2020s	15,544 deaths	16,119 deaths	575.4 deaths	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Malawi or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 16,739 deaths against 15,906 deaths in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 833 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Malawi ranks 32nd and Zimbabwe ranks 29th 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 .