Data for 1975

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1975

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1975
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1975, 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, 1975 covers 113 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 96.156; Sweden is lowest, at 6.729. The middle country reads 28.774. Against 1974, 110 values changed (9 up, 101 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1975

HighestBangladesh

96.156

LowestSweden

6.729

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

113countries
3measures per country
1975the year it describes
113distinct 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	96.156	88.59	104.261
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	95.152	83.68	108.085
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.231	74.08	91.792
4	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.523	69.16	93.349
5	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.254	74.67	86.298
6	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	79.456	63.10	100.445
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	73.316	66.67	80.584
8	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	70.743	62.14	80.567
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.280	59.70	78.189
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	68.233	60.84	76.286
11	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.864	58.37	74.126
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.662	55.13	71.307
13	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.484	55.70	70.085
14	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.836	52.76	73.024
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.791	53.37	72.094
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	59.954	52.02	69.136
17	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.335	50.65	68.747
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	58.847	53.50	64.577
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	56.212	47.16	67.271
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.910	51.28	60.888
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.430	50.13	61.269
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.295	48.55	62.854
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	54.815	48.84	61.471
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	54.291	47.67	61.541
25	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.042	46.35	63.089
26	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53.183	47.27	59.526
27	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.143	46.62	60.897
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.184	45.30	59.734
29	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.837	46.55	57.718
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.191	45.90	56.880
31	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	48.585	41.36	56.801
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.685	36.16	57.610
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.632	40.39	51.139
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.612	39.95	49.910
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.343	39.84	47.050
36	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	43.018	36.43	51.059
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.712	36.51	49.036
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.099	36.37	48.513
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	41.366	36.36	46.801
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.048	35.52	47.226
41	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.193	34.40	46.944
42	Peru`PER`South America	40.050	36.33	43.977
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.881	34.65	43.578
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38.467	34.20	43.857
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.629	32.26	41.607
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.306	31.52	41.319
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.168	31.34	41.531
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.241	31.48	39.228
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.212	29.64	41.632
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.994	27.19	42.120
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.926	29.75	38.331
52	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.850	27.82	40.549
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.240	27.11	40.524
54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	32.599	27.00	39.472
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.362	26.34	39.458
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.068	23.90	40.234
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28.774	24.71	33.437
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.745	24.37	33.181
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.681	24.35	33.310
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.484	21.65	37.138
61	Colombia`COL`South America	27.677	24.83	30.671
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	27.399	24.49	30.382
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.322	24.55	28.207
64	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	25.856	25.09	26.643
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.736	20.90	31.835
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	25.553	18.78	32.919
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.960	23.67	26.313
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.730	22.65	27.082
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.634	21.82	27.648
70	Chile`CHL`South America	24.303	23.40	25.244
71	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.853	20.62	27.434
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22.997	21.51	24.583
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.418	18.14	27.382
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.412	19.84	25.319
75	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.396	20.10	24.710
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.029	16.39	29.158
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	21.735	20.15	23.329
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.946	20.18	21.755
79	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	20.592	17.99	23.832
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.838	16.78	23.369
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.270	16.34	18.218
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.050	15.09	19.258
83	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.954	16.46	17.468
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.138	14.54	17.878
85	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	16.006	14.35	17.738
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.927	15.54	16.312
87	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.752	15.30	16.207
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.949	12.59	17.330
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.915	14.46	15.372
90	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.300	13.29	15.300
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.199	12.71	13.688
92	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.904	12.28	13.588
93	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	12.675	11.08	14.387
94	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.541	12.13	12.960
95	United States`USA`Northern America	11.453	11.19	11.712
96	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.447	11.02	11.871
97	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.381	11.03	11.730
98	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.722	10.45	10.992
99	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.667	10.14	11.202
100	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.397	10.08	10.718
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10.392	10.06	10.716
102	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.358	9.10	9.626
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.340	8.38	10.397
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.941	8.55	9.339
105	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.953	7.67	8.246
106	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.673	7.38	7.970
107	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.665	7.37	7.957
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.655	7.43	7.880
109	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.610	7.30	7.917
110	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.408	6.71	8.162
111	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.207	6.88	7.538
112	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.747	6.56	6.940
113	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.729	6.49	6.961

02In 1975

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh96.156
2Mali95.152
3Nepal82.231
4Liberia80.523
5India80.254

Lowest

113Sweden6.729
112Japan6.747
111Norway7.207
110Iceland7.408
109Denmark7.610

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh88.59
LowestSweden6.49
Middle country: 24.83
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali108.085
LowestJapan6.940
Middle country: 37.138

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

+3 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 110 in both
9 · 101rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda61.832 → 62.484+0.653
Zimbabwe35.689 → 36.168+0.479
Madagascar35.840 → 36.306+0.466
Namibia32.836 → 33.240+0.404
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22.269 → 22.412+0.143

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire68.403 → 65.864−2.540
Algeria61.664 → 59.335−2.330
Haiti72.959 → 70.743−2.216
Mauritius26.994 → 24.960−2.034
Lesotho56.010 → 54.042−1.969

+ Cabo Verde

+ Israel

+ South Africa

04Caveats

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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 1975.
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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1975). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1975

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