Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.03% to 28.9 in Mozambique in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Mozambique reached an all time high of 65.7 in 1982 and an all time low of 28.9 in 2019. When compared to Mozambique's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Malawi amounted to 19.7, 10.8 in South Africa, 20.6 in Tanzania and 24.4 in Zambia in 2019.
Mozambique has been ranked 20th 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 28.2 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.6 |
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