Neonates Dying Before 28 Days Of Age

Africa Ranking

per 1Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Lesotho	45	2018	1	45
2	Central African Republic	39	2020	2	40
3	Somalia	37	2020	3	37
4	Nigeria	36	2020	4	36
5 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	35	2020	4	36
6	Ivory Coast	34	2019	6	35
7	Chad	33	2020	7	33
8	Mauritania	32	2019	8	32
8	Mali	32	2020	8	32
10 ↓	Sierra Leone	31	2020	8	32
10 ↑	Liberia	31	2020	11	31
12 ↓	Benin	30	2020	11	31
12 ↓	Djibouti	30	2020	11	31
12 ↑	Guinea	30	2020	14	30
15 ↓	Comoros	29	2020	14	30
15 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	29	2020	17	29
15 ↓	Mozambique	29	2019	14	30
18 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27	2020	19	27
18	Ethiopia	27	2020	18	28
18 ↑	Sudan	27	2020	19	27
21 ↓	Cameroon	26	2020	19	27
21 ↑	Zimbabwe	26	2020	22	26
21 ↑	Gambia	26	2020	22	26
21 ↑	Burkina Faso	26	2020	22	26
25	Togo	25	2019	25	25
26 ↑	Zambia	24	2020	27	24
26 ↓	Niger	24	2020	25	25
28 ↓	Ghana	23	2020	27	24
29	Botswana	22	2020	29	22
30 ↑	Namibia	21	2019	32	21
30 ↑	Senegal	21	2020	32	21
30 ↓	Kenya	21	2019	29	22
30 ↑	Burundi	21	2020	32	21
34 ↑	Uganda	20	2019	37	20
34 ↓	Tanzania	20	2020	29	22
34 ↓	Madagascar	20	2020	32	21
34 ↓	Swaziland	20	2020	32	21
34 ↑	Gabon	20	2020	37	20
39 ↑	Republic of the Congo	19	2020	40	19
39 ↓	Malawi	19	2020	37	20
41 ↓	Rwanda	18	2020	40	19
41 ↑	Eritrea	18	2020	42	18
43	Algeria	16	2020	43	16
44	Morocco	12	2020	44	12
44	Tunisia	12	2020	44	12
46	South Africa	11	2020	46	11
46 ↑	Mauritius	11	2020	48	10
48 ↓	Egypt	10	2020	46	11
49	Cape Verde	9	2020	49	9
50 ↓	Seychelles	8	2020	49	9
50 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	8	2020	51	8
52	Libya	6	2020	52	6

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.