Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.90% to 20.7 in Swaziland in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Swaziland reached an all time high of 25.3 in 2000 and an all time low of 20.7 in 2019. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Botswana amounted to 22.3, 44.8 in Lesotho, 28.9 in Mozambique and 10.8 in South Africa in 2019.
Swaziland has been ranked 45th 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 |
Botswana | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 23.0 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Lesotho | 44.1 | 44.7 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 45.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Malawi | 23.7 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Zambia | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 28.2 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.6 |