Neonatal mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea

The neonatal mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea was 26.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1989.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1989 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea, 2024 26.3 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 live births 2023: 26.7 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 20th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Equatorial Guinea over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period Equatorial GuineaWorld
2024 26.3 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 26.7 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 27.4 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 28.0 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 28.6 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 29.2 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 29.8 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 30.5 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 30.9 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 31.5 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 32.1 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 32.8 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 33.5 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 34.1 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 35.0 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 36.1 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 37.4 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 38.8 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 40.4 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 41.8 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 43.0 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 44.1 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 44.9 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 45.6 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 46.1 per 1,000 live births 30.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 26.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.1 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −5.8.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Equatorial Guinea has the 20th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.NMRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1989 to 2024 for Equatorial Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)