Mortality rate, neonatal in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Mortality rate, neonatal was 26.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Equatorial Guinea, 1989–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, neonatal in Equatorial Guinea stood at 26.3 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 50.1 per 1,000 live births in 1989 and was at its lowest, 26.3 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Equatorial Guinea 20th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50.1 per 1,000 live births | 50.1 per 1,000 live births | 50.1 per 1,000 live births | 1 |
| 1990s | 48.42 per 1,000 live births | 46.6 per 1,000 live births | 49.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.82 per 1,000 live births | 36.1 per 1,000 live births | 46.1 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.94 per 1,000 live births | 29.2 per 1,000 live births | 35 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.4 per 1,000 live births | 26.3 per 1,000 live births | 28.6 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Equatorial Guinea?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Equatorial Guinea was 26.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 50.1 per 1,000 live births in 1989.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 20th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.