Brazil vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Number of neonatal deaths

Brazil
18,331
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
415,020
in 2024
Brazil rank
26th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

  • Brazil
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196419942024

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 415,020 against 18,331 in Brazil, a difference of 396,689.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 22.6 times Brazil's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 26th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 78,168 582,655 504,487 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 46,531 532,940 486,409 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 28,871 499,910 471,038 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 21,724 431,605 409,881 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Brazil or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 415,020 against 18,331 in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Brazil and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
396,689, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?
Brazil ranks 26th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), 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
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 11,580 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.