Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 0.248% to 40.3 in South Sudan in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in South Sudan reached an all time high of 68.3 in 1985 and an all time low of 40.3 in 2019. When compared to South Sudan's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Central African Republic amounted to 39.6, 27.8 in Ethiopia, 27.3 in Sudan and 19.8 in Uganda in 2019.
South Sudan has been ranked 3rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cameroon | 29.9 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 27.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 43.2 | 42.5 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 40.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 33.1 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 38.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 40.3 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 |
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