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Botswana vs Congo: Mortality rate, neonatal

Botswana
17.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo
16.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
52nd
Congo rank
55th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Botswana
  • Congo
10203040196519942024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 17.6 per 1,000 live births against 16.5 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Congo ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 52nd and Congo ranks 55th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.