Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.44% to 20.5 in Namibia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Namibia reached an all time high of 33.1 in 1976 and an all time low of 19.8 in 2006. When compared to Namibia's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Angola amounted to 27.9, 22.3 in Botswana, 10.8 in South Africa and 26.2 in Zimbabwe in 2019.
Namibia has been ranked 48th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 15 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 |
| Angola | 31.7 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 29.2 | 28.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 23.0 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 44.1 | 44.7 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 45.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 31.8 | 31.3 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 28.2 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.6 |
Helgi Library 
