Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.58% to 26.4 in Gambia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Gambia reached an all time high of 51.0 in 1989 and an all time low of 26.4 in 2019. When compared to Gambia's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Guinea Bissau amounted to 35.9, 32.3 in Mali, 31.8 in Mauritania and 21.1 in Senegal in 2019.
Gambia has been ranked 27th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 5 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.8 |
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