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Neonatal mortality rate in Eswatini

The neonatal mortality rate in Eswatini was 25.0 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2000.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1983 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eswatini, 2024 25.0 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.5per 1,000 live births 2023: 25.5 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 23rd of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Eswatini 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 EswatiniWorld
2024 25.0 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 25.5 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 26.0 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 26.4 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 26.8 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 27.0 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 27.1 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 26.9 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 26.8 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 26.6 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 26.5 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 26.4 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 26.6 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 26.9 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 27.3 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 27.6 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 27.6 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 27.5 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 27.4 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 27.2 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 27.1 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 26.9 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 26.6 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 25.9 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 24.9 per 1,000 live births 30.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 from 25.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.5 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.5.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Eswatini has the 23rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Eswatini

All statistics for Eswatini
Infant mortality rate 42.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 45.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 64.1 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 14.2 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 51.1 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 72 2023 · WHO

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
1983 to 2024 for Eswatini
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)