Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.95% to 20.1 in Gabon in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Gabon reached an all time high of 35.7 in 1977 and an all time low of 20.1 in 2019. When compared to Gabon's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Angola amounted to 27.9, 26.8 in Cameroon, 19.1 in Congo and 29.2 in Equatorial Guinea in 2019.
Gabon has been ranked 49th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births.
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 21.1 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 32.5 | 31.8 | 31.2 | 30.5 | 29.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 37.3 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 36.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.7 |
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