Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.99% to 24.6 in Niger in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Niger reached an all time high of 61.5 in 1973 and an all time low of 24.6 in 2019. When compared to Niger's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Algeria amounted to 16.3, 33.3 in Chad, 6.20 in Libya and 32.3 in Mali in 2019.
Niger has been ranked 32nd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 places 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 29.9 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 27.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 37.3 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 36.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
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