Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths was 0.3998 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.3998
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
170th
of 200 countries
All-time high
0.3998
in 2024
All-time low
0.2979
in 1991
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 0.3998 for neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.3998 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2979, in 1991.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2987 | — |
| 1991 | 0.2979 | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.298 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2979 | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2983 | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.2984 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2997 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.3009 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3043 | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3079 | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3129 | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3237 | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3309 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3365 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3401 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3414 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3395 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3373 | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3365 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3367 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3377 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3395 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.343 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3459 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3483 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3533 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3579 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3637 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3683 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3709 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.376 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3801 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3821 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.3855 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.3998 | +3.7% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.3998 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5359, 75% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.3998 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4389, 91% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3002 | 0.2979 | 0.3079 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3336 | 0.3129 | 0.3414 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3528 | 0.3377 | 0.3709 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3847 | 0.376 | 0.3998 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 167 Marshall Islands 0.4091 compare
- 168 Kiribati 0.4088 compare
- 169 Solomon Islands 0.406 compare
- 171 Mali 0.3965 compare
- 172 Tajikistan 0.3925 compare
- 173 Cameroon 0.3907 compare
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 843 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0663 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0678 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in Equatorial Guinea?
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths in Equatorial Guinea was 0.3998 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3998 in 2024.
- What is the lowest neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2979 in 1991.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 170th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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