Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.85% to 31.8 in Mauritania in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Mauritania reached an all time high of 58.0 in 1965 and an all time low of 31.8 in 2019. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Algeria amounted to 16.3, 32.3 in Mali, 12.0 in Morocco and 21.1 in Senegal in 2019.
Mauritania has been ranked 13th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place below 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 32.4 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 7.40 | 7.10 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 35.2 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 15.3 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
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