Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Malawi or United States of America?

United States of America, at 14,046 deaths against 13,654 deaths in Malawi as of 2019.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Malawi and United States of America?

392 deaths, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and United States of America?

70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – 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 United States of America: Number of neonatal deaths

Malawi

13,654 deaths

in 2019

United States of America

14,046 deaths

in 2019

Malawi rank

34th

United States of America rank

33rd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Malawi
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 14,046 deaths against 13,654 deaths in Malawi, a difference of 392 deaths.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States of America ahead.

Malawi ranks 34th and United States of America ranks 33rd of 204 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1950s	12,991 deaths	79,414 deaths	66,422 deaths	United States of America
1960s	14,831 deaths	67,577 deaths	52,746 deaths	United States of America
1970s	15,977 deaths	39,531 deaths	23,554 deaths	United States of America
1980s	18,124 deaths	26,624 deaths	8,500 deaths	United States of America
1990s	20,259 deaths	20,410 deaths	150.6 deaths	United States of America
2000s	18,201 deaths	18,526 deaths	325 deaths	United States of America
2010s	14,938 deaths	15,333 deaths	395.5 deaths	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Malawi or United States of America?: United States of America, at 14,046 deaths against 13,654 deaths in Malawi as of 2019.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Malawi and United States of America?: 392 deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and United States of America?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
How do Malawi and United States of America rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Malawi ranks 34th and United States of America ranks 33rd of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – 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: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 14,280 data points, 1950–2019
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Deaths in children aged 0-27 days.