Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, South Sudan leads Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024 at 39.50, while Sao Tome and Principe sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 6.40. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.
| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 39.50 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 39.00 |
| 3 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.20 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 33.70 |
| 5 | Liberia | 32.90 |
| 6 | Niger | 32.80 |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.00 |
| 8 | Chad | 30.40 |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 29.90 |
| 10 | Guinea | 29.80 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 28.50 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 28.30 |
| 13 | Mali | 28.00 |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.40 |
| 15 | Benin | 27.20 |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.30 |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 25.20 |
| 18 | Mozambique | 25.10 |
| 19 | Eswatini | 25.00 |
| 20 | Cameroon | 24.80 |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 23.80 |
| 22 | Sudan | 23.70 |
| 23 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 23.60 |
| 24 | Malawi | 23.60 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 23.10 |
| 26 | Gambia, The | 23.00 |
| 27 | Togo | 22.60 |
| 28 | Comoros | 22.10 |
| 29 | Namibia | 21.40 |
| 30 | Zambia | 21.40 |
| 31 | Uganda | 21.30 |
| 32 | Senegal | 20.90 |
| 33 | Mauritania | 20.80 |
| 34 | Kenya | 20.70 |
| 35 | Tanzania | 19.90 |
| 36 | Burundi | 19.10 |
| 37 | Angola | 18.10 |
| 38 | Ghana | 18.10 |
| 39 | Botswana | 17.60 |
| 40 | Rwanda | 17.40 |
| 41 | Congo, Rep. | 16.50 |
| 42 | Gabon | 16.30 |
| 43 | Eritrea | 15.60 |
| 44 | South Africa | 12.40 |
| 45 | Mauritius | 9.60 |
| 46 | Seychelles | 8.30 |
| 47 | Cabo Verde | 8.00 |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.40 |