Neonatal mortality rate in Mozambique
Mozambique: Neonatal mortality rate was 2.51 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate in Mozambique, 1980–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 2.51 deaths per 100 live births for neonatal mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Mozambique peaked at 6.45 deaths per 100 live births in 1981 and was at its lowest, 2.51 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Mozambique 22nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 6.12 deaths per 100 live births | 6.45 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.49 deaths per 100 live births | 4.69 deaths per 100 live births | 6.03 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.57 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 4.43 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 19 Djibouti 2.71 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 20 Equatorial Guinea 2.63 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 21 Ethiopia 2.52 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 23 Eswatini 2.5 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 24 Cameroon 2.48 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 2.38 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Mozambique
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 869.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 18,288 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 64 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 64 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 298,508 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 306,876 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 308,295 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 315,683 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 317,076 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 323,329 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate in Mozambique?
- Neonatal mortality rate in Mozambique was 2.51 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 6.45 deaths per 100 live births in 1981.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.51 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for neonatal mortality rate?
- Mozambique ranks 22nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .