Data for 1973

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1973, 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, 1973 covers 107 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 97.52; Japan is lowest, at 7.39. The middle country reads 32.30. Against 1972, 104 values changed (11 up, 93 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1973

HighestMali

97.52

LowestJapan

7.39

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

107countries
3measures per country
1973the year it describes
107distinct 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	97.52	85.43	111.17
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	94.85	87.26	103.10
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	84.53	75.46	94.78
4	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	84.12	72.16	97.44
5	India`IND`Southern Asia	82.52	76.56	88.88
6	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	80.58	61.55	105.38
7	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.14	65.75	86.01
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	74.10	67.27	81.42
9	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	71.31	63.52	80.38
10	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.95	62.68	80.37
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.45	61.07	81.70
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	65.62	57.11	75.70
13	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	63.88	53.71	75.18
14	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.63	53.89	72.95
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	62.12	53.15	73.17
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.96	52.10	74.02
17	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.05	54.19	68.75
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60.69	55.11	66.79
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.01	52.24	64.64
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.90	52.84	63.62
21	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.71	49.66	67.13
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	57.31	47.64	69.17
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	56.23	49.89	63.40
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.61	48.75	63.22
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	55.33	48.12	63.04
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.78	48.66	61.39
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.59	48.59	61.35
28	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.12	47.22	62.22
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.52	46.83	58.73
30	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.28	45.02	60.64
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.23	38.24	63.69
32	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	48.95	41.61	57.45
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.48	42.44	53.23
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.98	40.51	51.72
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	45.54	41.78	49.53
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.82	38.64	52.11
37	Brazil`BRA`South America	43.98	39.02	49.63
38	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.86	38.00	50.34
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.01	36.60	49.89
40	Peru`PER`South America	42.05	38.15	46.26
41	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.66	37.06	47.47
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.73	35.52	44.47
43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.39	34.88	44.55
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.04	30.98	44.16
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.81	32.78	41.10
46	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	36.59	29.21	45.34
47	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.50	30.38	40.96
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.09	30.19	40.67
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.55	30.08	39.30
50	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.31	28.64	41.01
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.40	27.28	40.44
52	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.29	27.18	40.75
53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.39	24.32	42.82
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.30	25.93	40.09
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29.93	25.74	34.76
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	29.62	25.23	34.26
57	Colombia`COL`South America	29.15	26.19	32.28
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	28.80	27.27	30.39
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	28.76	25.80	31.89
60	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.62	26.25	31.19
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27.99	27.24	28.79
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	27.70	21.47	34.47
63	Chile`CHL`South America	27.67	26.66	28.72
64	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	27.00	22.76	31.84
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.51	20.86	33.76
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.01	24.03	28.22
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	24.96	23.37	26.70
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.67	21.77	27.91
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23.12	18.94	27.86
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.89	19.74	26.13
71	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.22	19.80	24.87
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.86	19.26	24.95
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	21.43	19.84	23.08
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.06	20.18	21.92
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.57	18.91	22.37
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.21	16.93	23.98
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.66	17.41	22.27
78	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.49	18.04	18.97
79	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.38	17.86	18.89
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.27	16.28	20.40
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.73	17.19	18.29
82	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	16.67	16.18	17.16
83	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	16.40	14.66	18.24
84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.10	15.05	17.18
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.51	13.18	17.85
86	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	14.13	12.42	16.03
87	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.03	13.56	14.51
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.74	13.24	14.24
89	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.03	12.49	13.60
90	United States`USA`Northern America	12.90	12.62	13.19
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.63	12.26	13.01
92	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12.55	12.19	12.92
93	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.18	11.74	12.65
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.65	11.30	12.00
95	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.49	11.19	11.79
96	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.85	10.55	11.15
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.42	9.31	11.56
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.85	9.44	10.26
99	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.00	8.66	9.35
100	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.91	8.58	9.25
101	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.79	8.47	9.11
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.48	8.24	8.73
103	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.41	8.11	8.71
104	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.38	7.59	9.23
105	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.32	7.98	8.67
106	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.82	7.57	8.06
107	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.39	7.17	7.60

02In 1973

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali97.52
2Bangladesh94.85
3Nepal84.53
4Liberia84.12
5India82.52

Lowest

107Japan7.39
106Sweden7.82
105Norway8.32
104Iceland8.38
103France8.41

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh87.26
LowestJapan7.17
Middle country: 27.18
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali111.17
LowestJapan7.60
Middle country: 39.30

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

+3 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 104 in both
11 · 93rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay25.33 → 26.01+0.68
Bangladesh94.25 → 94.85+0.60
Namibia31.71 → 32.30+0.59
Zimbabwe34.55 → 35.09+0.54
Rwanda60.57 → 61.05+0.49

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire73.41 → 70.95−2.46
Haiti77.30 → 75.14−2.16
Algeria65.99 → 63.88−2.11
Liberia86.09 → 84.12−1.97
Bahrain28.89 → 27.00−1.89

+ Comoros

+ Lebanon

+ Chad

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1973). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1973

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