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Neonatal mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa

The neonatal mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 26.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 26.6 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.3per 1,000 live births 2023: 26.9 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate

Neonatal mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 Sub-Saharan AfricaWorld
2024 26.6 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 26.9 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 27.3 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 27.6 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 27.8 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 28.1 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 28.3 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 28.6 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 28.9 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 29.2 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 29.5 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 29.8 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 30.2 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 30.7 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 31.2 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 31.8 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 32.3 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 33.0 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 33.6 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 34.4 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 35.2 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 36.1 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 37.1 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 38.1 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 39.0 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 −0.3 from 26.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 29.5 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −2.9.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Sub-Saharan Africa

All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Infant mortality rate 47.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 71.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 62.8 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 65.0 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 60.7 years 2024 · World Bank Health spending share of GDP 4.9% 2023 · World Bank

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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
1990 to 2024 for Sub-Saharan Africa
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)