Data for 1972

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1972

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1972
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1972, 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, 1972 covers 104 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 98.369; Japan is lowest, at 7.785. The middle country reads 30.258. Against 1971, 100 values changed (14 up, 86 down), 4 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1972

HighestMali

98.369

LowestJapan

7.785

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

104countries
3measures per country
1972the year it describes
104distinct 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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	98.369	86.059	112.598
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	94.255	86.561	102.772
3	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	86.090	73.897	99.857
4	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	85.598	76.278	96.176
5	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.388	77.173	90.070
6	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	77.302	67.281	88.588
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	74.603	67.612	81.883
8	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	73.412	64.679	83.327
9	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	72.843	64.691	82.385
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.745	60.889	82.518
11	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.070	58.050	77.830
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.989	55.199	78.400
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.071	54.947	74.931
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.725	52.514	73.214
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.168	55.402	67.458
16	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.568	53.729	68.376
17	Bolivia`BOL`South America	59.344	53.097	66.379
18	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.129	50.809	68.854
19	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.760	53.501	64.805
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	57.942	47.746	70.145
21	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	56.940	50.339	64.251
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56.198	48.842	64.313
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.709	49.566	62.603
24	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	55.576	49.403	62.201
25	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.333	48.366	62.997
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.433	47.430	62.700
27	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	53.154	47.172	59.500
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.761	45.286	61.308
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.998	39.160	66.286
30	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	50.315	42.807	59.073
31	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.826	43.570	54.880
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.590	42.652	50.768
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.174	40.561	52.312
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.017	39.677	53.497
35	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.197	39.038	51.972
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	45.084	39.915	50.792
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.816	37.262	50.861
38	Peru`PER`South America	43.275	39.153	47.690
39	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.228	38.401	49.284
40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	40.694	35.832	46.197
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.994	35.595	44.955
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.007	31.435	45.659
43	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.996	30.360	47.216
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.662	33.514	42.127
45	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.205	29.847	41.017
46	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.005	30.333	39.932
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.554	29.517	40.226
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.546	28.813	41.248
49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.966	27.787	41.215
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33.137	24.396	44.672
51	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.709	25.111	39.811
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	30.479	26.227	35.437
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.036	25.638	34.768
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	29.888	27.438	32.588
55	Colombia`COL`South America	29.841	26.763	33.019
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.592	28.087	31.189
57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	29.505	26.433	32.816
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.122	22.629	36.053
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.889	24.055	34.466
60	Chile`CHL`South America	28.592	27.608	29.654
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	28.282	27.439	29.125
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.923	20.603	35.089
63	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	25.942	24.269	27.694
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.328	23.635	27.136
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.747	21.790	28.128
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.607	20.599	26.671
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23.596	19.469	28.402
68	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.527	19.949	25.699
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22.449	20.401	24.826
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.161	19.818	24.593
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.429	20.524	22.329
72	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	21.133	19.497	22.844
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.587	17.278	24.413
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.267	17.925	23.014
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	19.620	17.297	22.050
76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.563	19.061	20.085
77	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.219	18.626	19.794
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.512	17.976	19.070
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.204	16.720	17.707
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	17.084	16.006	18.248
81	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	16.899	15.117	18.871
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.735	13.429	18.078
83	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.045	14.538	15.572
84	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	15.011	13.122	17.082
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	14.085	13.469	14.749
86	United States`USA`Northern America	13.703	13.404	14.012
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.604	13.112	14.101
88	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13.441	13.064	13.828
89	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13.069	12.673	13.453
90	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.344	11.904	12.784
91	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.072	11.691	12.441
92	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.762	11.453	12.074
93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.721	11.399	12.044
94	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.191	10.090	12.346
95	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.157	9.755	10.568
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.648	9.303	9.990
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.478	9.139	9.819
98	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.355	9.030	9.686
99	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.854	8.510	9.206
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.822	8.574	9.074
101	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.814	7.983	9.706
102	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.751	8.431	9.070
103	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.336	8.084	8.592
104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.785	7.567	8.010

02In 1972

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali98.369
2Bangladesh94.255
3Liberia86.090
4Nepal85.598
5India83.388

Lowest

104Japan7.785
103Sweden8.336
102France8.751
101Iceland8.814
100Netherlands8.822

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.258. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh86.561
LowestJapan7.567
Middle country: 27.438
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali112.598
LowestJapan8.010
Middle country: 35.745

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

+4 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 100 in both
14 · 86rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay24.092 → 25.328+1.236
Burundi49.459 → 50.315+0.856
Namibia31.126 → 31.709+0.582
Niger61.259 → 61.725+0.466
Zimbabwe34.172 → 34.554+0.382

Fell most

Liberia88.304 → 86.090−2.214
Côte d’Ivoire75.613 → 73.412−2.202
Algeria68.069 → 65.989−2.079
Haiti79.327 → 77.302−2.025
Bahrain30.872 → 28.889−1.984

+ Honduras

+ Kazakhstan

+ Libya

+ Saint Lucia

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1972). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1972

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