What is mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania?

Mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania was 19.9 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 Tanzania?

The highest recorded value was 48.1 per 1,000 live births in 1968.

What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Tanzania?

The lowest recorded value was 19.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

How does Tanzania rank for mortality rate, neonatal?

Tanzania ranks 46th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Tanzania?

Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Tanzania 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.

Mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania

Name: Mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Tanzania: Mortality rate, neonatal was 19.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

19.9 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

down 3.4%

World rank

46th

of 195 countries

All-time high

48.1 per 1,000 live births

in 1968

All-time low

19.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1968–2024

Mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania, 1968–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.

Analysis

Tanzania recorded 19.9 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, neonatal in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.

The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania peaked at 48.1 per 1,000 live births in 1968 and was at its lowest, 19.9 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.

That places Tanzania 46th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	47.65 per 1,000 live births	47.2 per 1,000 live births	48.1 per 1,000 live births	2
1970s	43.65 per 1,000 live births	42.7 per 1,000 live births	46 per 1,000 live births	10
1980s	42.78 per 1,000 live births	40.7 per 1,000 live births	44 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	36.83 per 1,000 live births	33.6 per 1,000 live births	40 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	28.38 per 1,000 live births	25.1 per 1,000 live births	32.6 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	23.58 per 1,000 live births	22.7 per 1,000 live births	24.6 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	21.14 per 1,000 live births	19.9 per 1,000 live births	22.3 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Tanzania

43 Mauritania 20.8 per 1,000 live births compare
44 Kenya 20.7 per 1,000 live births compare
45 Papua New Guinea 20.1 per 1,000 live births compare
47 Myanmar 19.6 per 1,000 live births compare
48 Burundi 19.1 per 1,000 live births compare
49 Angola 18.1 per 1,000 live births compare
49 Ghana 18.1 per 1,000 live births compare

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More health data for Tanzania

Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 966,597 (2025)
Population, male 34.98 million (2025)
Population, male 49.6% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 43.1% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 15.09 million (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 1.04 million (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 996,036 (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 887,443 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania?: Mortality rate, neonatal in Tanzania was 19.9 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 Tanzania?: The highest recorded value was 48.1 per 1,000 live births in 1968.
What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Tanzania?: The lowest recorded value was 19.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
How does Tanzania rank for mortality rate, neonatal?: Tanzania ranks 46th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Tanzania?: Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tanzania 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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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: 06 August 2026

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