Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.16% to 18.1 in Eritrea in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Eritrea reached an all time high of 45.2 in 1977 and an all time low of 18.1 in 2019. When compared to Eritrea's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Djibouti amounted to 31.1, 37.4 in Somalia, 27.3 in Sudan and 28.2 in Yemen in 2019.
Eritrea has been ranked 56th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place 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 |
| Chad | 36.1 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 33.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 34.7 | 34.0 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 31.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 33.1 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oman | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4.90 | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 38.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 40.3 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 28.1 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 |
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