Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.30% to 30.3 in Guinea in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Guinea reached an all time high of 73.8 in 1981 and an all time low of 30.3 in 2019. When compared to Guinea's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Liberia amounted to 31.1, 32.3 in Mali, 21.1 in Senegal and 32.0 in Sierra Leone in 2019.
Guinea has been ranked 16th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 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 |
| Algeria | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | 30.1 | 29.4 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 27.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 26.8 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 32.4 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 36.8 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 32.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 35.2 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 35.7 | 35.0 | 34.1 | 33.4 | 32.7 |
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