Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.18% to 35.9 in Guinea Bissau in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Guinea Bissau reached an all time high of 65.2 in 1987 and an all time low of 35.9 in 2019. When compared to Guinea Bissau's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Gambia amounted to 26.4, 30.3 in Guinea, 32.3 in Mali and 21.1 in Senegal in 2019.
Guinea Bissau has been ranked 8th 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 |
| Algeria | 15.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | 30.1 | 29.4 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 27.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 32.4 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 40.2 | 39.2 | 38.4 | 37.5 | 36.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 32.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 35.2 | 34.6 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 35.7 | 35.0 | 34.1 | 33.4 | 32.7 |
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