Number of neonatal deaths - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Find indicator:
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 270,705.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 97,475.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 96,326.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Tanzania | 43,285.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Sudan | 37,008.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Angola | 35,735.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 32,632.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Uganda | 32,098.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Kenya | 30,835.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 30,776.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Niger | 26,461.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Egypt | 26,411.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Mali | 26,022.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Somalia | 24,254.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 23,961.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Chad | 22,207.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Ghana | 20,359.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 19,933.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Madagascar | 18,059.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Algeria | 16,215.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Zambia | 15,671.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Guinea | 13,952.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Benin | 12,786.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | South Africa | 12,392.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Malawi | 12,225.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Senegal | 11,510.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 11,109.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Burundi | 9,374.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 8,107.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Morocco | 7,694.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Rwanda | 7,107.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Togo | 6,551.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 6,551.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Liberia | 5,008.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Mauritania | 4,762.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Congo | 3,299.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Lesotho | 2,463.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,349.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | The Gambia | 2,340.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Tunisia | 2,307.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Eritrea | 1,842.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Namibia | 1,415.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Gabon | 1,324.00 | 2020 |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,301.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Botswana | 1,216.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Comoros | 782.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Libya | 728.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Djibouti | 618.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Eswatini | 598.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Mauritius | 134.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Cabo Verde | 88.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Principe | 53.00 | 2020 |
| 53 | Seychelles | 13.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
