Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.15% to 18.2 in Rwanda in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Rwanda reached an all time high of 62.8 in 1976 and an all time low of 18.2 in 2019. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Burundi amounted to 21.3, 20.6 in Tanzania, 19.8 in Uganda and 27.3 in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2019.
Rwanda has been ranked 55th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 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 |
| Angola | 31.7 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 29.2 | 28.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | 24.4 | 23.6 | 23.0 | 22.4 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 43.2 | 42.5 | 41.7 | 41.0 | 40.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 31.8 | 31.3 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 40.3 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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