What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Latin America & Caribbean and South Africa?

62,339, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and South Africa?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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.

Latin America & Caribbean vs South Africa: Number of neonatal deaths

Latin America & Caribbean

77,054

in 2024

South Africa

14,715

in 2024

Latin America & Caribbean rank

31st

South Africa rank

34th

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Latin America & Caribbean
South Africa

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean currently reports 77,054 against 14,715 in South Africa, a difference of 62,339.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean's figure about 5.2 times South Africa's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 34th of 47 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latin America & Caribbean	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1990s	229,994	20,144	209,850	Latin America & Caribbean
2000s	146,412	14,364	132,048	Latin America & Caribbean
2010s	106,289	13,995	92,294	Latin America & Caribbean
2020s	84,709	14,211	70,498	Latin America & Caribbean

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Latin America & Caribbean or South Africa?: Latin America & Caribbean, at 77,054 against 14,715 in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Latin America & Caribbean and South Africa?: 62,339, with Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and South Africa?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and South Africa rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 34th of 47 groups.
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: 03 September 2026

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.