Mortality rate, neonatal in Togo
Togo: Mortality rate, neonatal was 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Togo, 1965–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Togo recorded 22.6 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, neonatal in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 60 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Togo peaked at 57.1 per 1,000 live births in 1965 and was at its lowest, 22.6 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Togo 31st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 60 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.36 per 1,000 live births | 55.5 per 1,000 live births | 57.1 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
| 1970s | 53.04 per 1,000 live births | 50.1 per 1,000 live births | 55.1 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 46.97 per 1,000 live births | 44.4 per 1,000 live births | 49.4 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.76 per 1,000 live births | 37.4 per 1,000 live births | 43.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.11 per 1,000 live births | 29.9 per 1,000 live births | 36.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 27 per 1,000 live births | 24.8 per 1,000 live births | 29.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.46 per 1,000 live births | 22.6 per 1,000 live births | 24.3 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 29 Madagascar 23.1 per 1,000 live births compare
- 30 Gambia 23 per 1,000 live births compare
- 31 Haiti 22.6 per 1,000 live births compare
- 33 Turkmenistan 22.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 34 Comoros 22.1 per 1,000 live births compare
More health data for Togo
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 117,180 (2025)
- Population, male 4.21 million (2025)
- Population, male 48.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 42.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 1.77 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 113,220 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 118,195 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 115,961 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 121,282 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 112,392 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, neonatal in Togo?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Togo was 22.6 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 57.1 per 1,000 live births in 1965.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Togo rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Togo ranks 31st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.