Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Nepal or Senegal?

Senegal, at 11,300 deaths against 8,589 deaths in Nepal as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Nepal and Senegal?

2,711 deaths, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Senegal?

69 years are reported by both, from 1956 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.

Nepal vs Senegal: Number of neonatal deaths

Nepal

8,589 deaths

in 2024

Senegal

11,300 deaths

in 2024

Nepal rank

44th

Senegal rank

42nd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Nepal
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 11,300 deaths against 8,589 deaths in Nepal, a difference of 2,711 deaths.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.3 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 44th and Senegal ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 7 and Senegal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	43,138 deaths	10,400 deaths	32,738 deaths	Nepal
1960s	45,778 deaths	11,238 deaths	34,540 deaths	Nepal
1970s	47,286 deaths	12,827 deaths	34,459 deaths	Nepal
1980s	46,095 deaths	13,102 deaths	32,993 deaths	Nepal
1990s	38,497 deaths	13,839 deaths	24,658 deaths	Nepal
2000s	23,449 deaths	13,513 deaths	9,936 deaths	Nepal
2010s	14,293 deaths	12,672 deaths	1,622 deaths	Nepal
2020s	9,564 deaths	11,660 deaths	2,096 deaths	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Nepal or Senegal?: Senegal, at 11,300 deaths against 8,589 deaths in Nepal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Nepal and Senegal?: 2,711 deaths, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Senegal?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
How do Nepal and Senegal rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Nepal ranks 44th and Senegal ranks 42nd 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 .