Data for 1970

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1970

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1970
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1970, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The neonatal mortality rate is how many babies out of every thousand born alive die in their first 28 days. Most deaths in the first year of life happen in this first month, which makes it the measure most directly tied to care at birth — a skilled attendant, a clean delivery, warmth, and help with breathing and infection.

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1970 covers 96 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 99.2540; Japan is lowest, at 8.6986. The middle country reads 31.9778. Against 1969, 92 values changed (11 up, 81 down), 4 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1970

HighestMali

99.2540

LowestJapan

8.6986

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

96countries
3measures per country
1970the year it describes
96distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1970, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1970: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	99.2540	85.958	114.61
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	93.9456	85.953	102.61
3	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	90.5365	77.496	105.72
4	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	87.8857	78.042	99.17
5	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.7399	78.136	92.20
6	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	80.9942	70.268	93.31
7	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.4213	67.654	88.40
8	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	76.0383	67.113	86.46
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	75.7360	68.458	83.59
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.5708	59.569	83.47
11	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	69.7853	57.811	84.06
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	69.2647	59.111	82.11
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	68.5666	58.725	80.56
14	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.1714	55.340	69.89
15	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.5412	53.185	71.43
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.1631	55.263	67.62
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.7518	50.707	72.86
18	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.1556	53.146	67.97
19	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.0512	54.639	66.59
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	59.0769	51.353	67.90
21	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.3379	51.349	66.13
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57.2930	50.995	64.36
23	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	57.2681	50.901	64.06
24	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.1429	47.727	63.71
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.1224	48.035	63.23
26	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.4282	48.016	60.99
27	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	54.3368	46.132	64.08
28	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	51.2478	45.522	58.00
29	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	49.6703	41.988	58.84
30	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.5112	44.284	52.99
31	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.9744	41.282	55.72
32	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.7289	41.145	55.12
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	46.8546	41.101	53.48
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.6105	40.642	53.16
35	Peru`PER`South America	46.4612	41.943	51.42
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.3838	40.969	53.17
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46.0395	38.907	53.86
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	43.5717	38.349	49.50
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.3493	35.557	45.77
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.1854	34.879	43.80
41	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.8779	30.755	41.42
42	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.3973	28.857	43.36
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.9314	29.004	42.08
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.7262	28.888	41.38
45	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.7062	24.617	48.63
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.7976	28.486	39.99
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	32.5750	24.689	41.13
48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	32.2740	29.788	34.85
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.6817	27.232	36.88
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.1449	27.769	34.75
51	Colombia`COL`South America	31.0346	27.716	34.43
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.6872	26.221	35.69
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.6416	23.333	39.73
54	Chile`CHL`South America	29.8180	28.749	30.96
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.4688	27.845	31.22
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	28.3119	26.577	30.14
57	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27.9303	27.126	28.73
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.0619	23.266	29.44
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.0147	21.926	28.63
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24.9291	20.685	29.96
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.8297	23.396	26.38
62	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.0270	21.169	27.56
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.5717	22.541	24.65
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.7280	20.957	24.48
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.5699	18.875	24.53
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.3061	17.804	25.20
67	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	20.9534	18.888	23.20
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.5317	18.093	23.43
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.5315	19.990	21.08
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.2084	19.637	20.77
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.0851	17.801	20.50
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.8961	18.360	19.45
73	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.4943	16.415	20.66
74	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.2967	17.721	18.91
75	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.2701	16.692	17.87
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.1655	13.671	18.68
77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.0943	14.453	15.75
78	United States`USA`Northern America	14.9832	14.663	15.31
79	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14.0907	13.647	14.54
80	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13.9682	13.532	14.41
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.3773	12.854	13.89
82	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.2304	12.874	13.59
83	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.0413	12.588	13.51
84	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	12.6876	11.485	13.95
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.6236	12.238	13.02
86	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.1481	11.829	12.47
87	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.9766	10.594	11.37
88	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.6836	10.331	11.03
89	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.6133	10.189	11.05
90	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.4581	10.102	10.83
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.7370	9.369	10.12
92	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.5858	8.701	10.55
93	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.4467	9.185	9.72
94	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.2406	8.963	9.52
95	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.0571	8.719	9.41
96	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.6986	8.457	8.95

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Mali99.2540
2Bangladesh93.9456
3Liberia90.5365
4Nepal87.8857
5India84.7399

Lowest

96Japan8.6986
95France9.0571
94Sweden9.2406
93Netherlands9.4467
92Iceland9.5858

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 31.9778. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali85.958
LowestJapan8.457
Middle country: 27.807
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali114.61
LowestJapan8.95
Middle country: 38.30

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

+4 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 92 in both
11 · 81rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh92.7250 → 93.9456+1.2206
Niger60.2337 → 60.7518+0.5181
Namibia30.2234 → 30.6416+0.4182
Zimbabwe33.5623 → 33.7976+0.2353
Egypt60.9344 → 61.1631+0.2287

Fell most

Liberia92.9822 → 90.5365−2.4457
Cameroon60.9063 → 59.0769−1.8294
Panama34.3193 → 32.5750−1.7443
Bolivia63.8003 → 62.1714−1.6290
Yemen77.6420 → 76.0383−1.6037

+ Argentina

+ Malta

+ Uruguay

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1970). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1970

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