Data for 1974

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1974

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1974
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1974, 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, 1974 covers 110 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 96.331; Japan is lowest, at 7.059. The middle country reads 32.305. Against 1973, 107 values changed (10 up, 97 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1974

HighestMali

96.331

LowestJapan

7.059

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

110countries
3measures per country
1974the year it describes
110distinct 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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	96.331	84.550	109.75
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	96.032	88.458	104.23
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.402	74.787	93.33
4	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	82.256	70.553	95.34
5	India`IND`Southern Asia	81.455	75.629	87.71
6	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	79.965	62.468	102.55
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	73.674	66.903	80.96
8	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	72.959	64.001	83.39
9	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	69.820	62.195	78.33
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.584	60.624	80.08
11	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	68.403	60.395	77.31
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.160	56.259	73.46
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	62.225	53.527	72.88
14	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.948	52.469	73.38
15	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.832	55.024	69.38
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	61.664	52.263	72.06
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.211	52.908	71.11
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.892	54.330	65.84
19	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.931	52.133	62.15
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	56.773	47.418	68.11
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.738	51.221	62.95
22	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.010	48.175	65.24
23	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.786	48.903	63.36
24	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.520	49.300	62.42
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	54.722	47.786	62.22
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53.976	47.967	60.51
27	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.694	46.951	61.57
28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.294	47.747	59.45
29	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.077	45.008	60.03
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.906	46.435	57.86
31	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	48.780	41.456	57.11
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	47.481	37.286	60.31
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.035	41.218	51.53
34	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.807	40.435	51.40
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.454	40.844	48.37
36	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.439	37.367	53.38
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.472	37.478	50.38
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	42.733	37.811	48.23
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.697	36.343	49.23
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.465	36.866	48.82
41	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.437	35.065	48.87
42	Peru`PER`South America	40.986	37.200	44.98
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.045	35.637	45.65
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.352	35.095	44.11
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.052	33.686	43.08
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.544	30.826	43.30
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.015	32.158	40.10
48	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.840	30.870	41.09
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.689	30.871	41.14
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	35.255	28.101	43.69
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.184	29.888	38.80
52	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.070	28.276	40.74
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	32.976	27.162	40.16
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.841	26.813	39.74
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.836	26.654	40.46
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.774	24.073	41.50
57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	29.522	24.930	34.56
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29.340	25.233	34.06
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	29.200	24.783	33.73
60	Colombia`COL`South America	28.425	25.522	31.50
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	28.072	25.153	31.16
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.412	25.338	29.66
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27.228	26.380	28.16
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.994	25.669	28.37
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	26.467	20.014	33.70
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.142	20.857	32.79
67	Chile`CHL`South America	26.071	25.144	26.99
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.848	23.564	28.57
69	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.304	21.616	29.51
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.638	21.812	27.75
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	24.035	22.466	25.71
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.714	18.500	27.59
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.404	19.442	25.43
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.269	19.788	24.98
75	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	21.671	20.091	23.31
76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.193	18.596	24.32
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.078	20.291	21.90
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.915	16.775	23.50
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.782	17.590	20.02
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.353	16.264	20.77
81	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.549	17.028	18.08
82	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.212	16.801	17.65
83	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.068	15.269	19.04
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.462	15.983	16.95
85	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	16.196	15.733	16.67
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	16.136	14.418	17.95
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.253	12.951	17.59
88	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.163	14.129	16.19
89	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.601	13.136	14.07
90	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	13.366	11.735	15.16
91	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.186	12.740	13.65
92	United States`USA`Northern America	12.122	11.850	12.40
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.087	11.733	12.43
94	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.907	11.476	12.35
95	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.766	11.266	12.28
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.461	11.103	11.81
97	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.147	10.852	11.43
98	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.089	10.752	11.44
99	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.025	9.743	10.32
100	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.813	8.801	10.89
101	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.428	9.045	9.82
102	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.311	7.998	8.64
103	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.298	7.988	8.61
104	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.220	7.924	8.51
105	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.082	7.851	8.31
106	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.072	7.778	8.37
107	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.904	7.160	8.71
108	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.764	7.438	8.09
109	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.263	7.032	7.49
110	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.059	6.862	7.25

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali96.331
2Bangladesh96.032
3Nepal83.402
4Liberia82.256
5India81.455

Lowest

110Japan7.059
109Sweden7.263
108Norway7.764
107Iceland7.904
106France8.072

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.305. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh88.458
LowestJapan6.862
Middle country: 26.517
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali109.75
LowestJapan7.25
Middle country: 39.27

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

+3 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
10 · 97rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh94.853 → 96.032+1.179
Rwanda61.053 → 61.832+0.779
Zimbabwe35.091 → 35.689+0.598
Namibia32.301 → 32.836+0.535
Madagascar35.495 → 35.840+0.345

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire70.950 → 68.403−2.547
Algeria63.882 → 61.664−2.217
Haiti75.144 → 72.959−2.186
Liberia84.122 → 82.256−1.866
Mauritius28.800 → 26.994−1.806

+ Nicaragua

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Vietnam

04Caveats

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One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1974.
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Every one of the 110 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1974). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1974

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