Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.53% to 27.0 in Botswana in 2015, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Botswana reached an all time high of 38.6 in 1965 and an all time low of 25.0 in 1995. When compared to Botswana's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Namibia amounted to 18.1, 11.2 in South Africa, 23.2 in Zambia and 24.1 in Zimbabwe in 2015.
Botswana has been ranked 28th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 13 places 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 |
| Angola | 31.7 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 29.2 | 28.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 23.0 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 44.1 | 44.7 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 45.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 31.8 | 31.3 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 28.2 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.6 |
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