Data for 1977

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1977, 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, 1977 covers 121 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 94.459; Sweden is lowest, at 5.842. The middle country reads 29.679. Against 1976, 115 values changed (10 up, 105 down), 6 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1977

HighestBangladesh

94.459

LowestSweden

5.842

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

121countries
3measures per country
1977the year it describes
121distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	94.459	87.195	102.225
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	92.089	81.721	103.767
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.887	72.406	88.740
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	78.271	63.474	96.752
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.393	66.688	89.724
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	77.267	72.031	82.793
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.684	66.269	79.534
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	70.122	59.417	81.511
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	66.978	58.068	76.790
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	66.117	55.564	78.006
11	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.108	57.778	75.391
12	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	64.795	57.937	72.263
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.518	56.702	73.733
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.888	56.184	70.615
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.594	53.085	71.811
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.272	54.541	68.961
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.968	51.942	69.263
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.907	53.114	67.718
19	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	57.269	50.100	65.479
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	56.555	51.630	61.771
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	55.054	46.371	65.710
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.927	48.586	61.912
23	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.763	47.293	62.735
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	53.966	49.508	58.906
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.587	47.304	60.787
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	53.455	47.779	59.592
27	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.800	46.189	60.152
28	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.772	47.816	58.205
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.712	45.440	58.920
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.519	46.170	57.437
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.763	42.078	58.743
32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.321	44.329	54.644
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.656	43.235	54.433
34	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.787	40.687	55.729
35	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	46.720	38.246	57.804
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.235	40.178	50.684
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.282	37.946	49.022
38	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	42.170	33.952	52.583
39	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.947	37.496	46.680
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.141	37.885	44.637
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.874	33.706	46.703
42	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.101	33.884	44.959
43	Brazil`BRA`South America	38.582	33.930	43.509
44	Peru`PER`South America	38.533	35.030	42.167
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.288	33.054	44.387
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	37.536	33.666	41.685
47	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.316	32.883	42.161
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.038	32.075	42.791
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.128	31.394	41.541
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.355	31.452	40.016
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.946	30.346	37.881
52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.892	29.984	38.164
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.788	29.432	38.706
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	33.531	28.430	39.165
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.319	27.600	40.162
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.312	27.046	40.064
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.545	25.295	41.479
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	32.177	27.166	38.310
59	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	31.822	25.566	39.200
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.477	25.570	38.297
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.679	23.265	37.847
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27.881	23.911	32.101
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.806	23.345	32.200
64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.692	21.346	34.967
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	27.632	23.646	32.048
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.619	21.679	34.482
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	26.343	23.629	29.248
68	Colombia`COL`South America	26.070	23.486	28.786
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	26.064	18.165	37.281
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.197	20.862	30.431
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.756	23.586	26.018
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.746	21.960	27.781
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	24.210	16.678	32.122
74	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	24.195	20.504	28.281
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.856	20.419	25.557
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.329	21.456	23.235
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.225	21.136	23.364
78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21.983	17.569	27.248
79	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.850	21.174	22.502
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.681	19.245	24.337
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	21.290	19.416	23.009
82	Chile`CHL`South America	21.276	20.551	21.992
83	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.982	16.442	26.288
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	20.954	19.404	22.554
85	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.407	19.031	21.884
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.342	17.250	23.903
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19.471	16.880	22.700
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.011	18.359	19.676
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.171	14.272	18.205
90	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.899	15.436	16.365
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	15.782	14.346	17.326
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	15.311	13.734	16.984
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.848	14.426	15.273
94	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.652	13.796	15.515
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.296	12.018	16.587
96	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.935	13.586	14.273
97	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.867	11.965	13.783
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.835	11.381	12.297
99	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.831	11.394	12.298
100	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.763	11.372	12.153
101	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.183	9.645	12.843
102	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.057	10.707	11.432
103	United States`USA`Northern America	10.189	9.951	10.423
104	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.028	9.642	10.421
105	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9.586	9.274	9.891
106	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.568	9.308	9.828
107	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.390	8.895	9.899
108	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.867	8.582	9.163
109	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.301	8.055	8.548
110	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.268	7.993	8.539
111	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.260	7.364	9.277
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.908	7.549	8.278
113	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.552	7.276	7.832
114	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.818	6.617	7.029
115	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.656	6.383	6.930
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.510	6.249	6.768
117	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	6.480	5.824	7.155
118	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.369	6.084	6.651
119	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.200	5.904	6.493
120	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.065	5.897	6.231
121	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.842	5.627	6.060

02In 1977

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh94.459
2Mali92.089
3Nepal79.887
4Comoros78.271
5Liberia77.393

Lowest

121Sweden5.842
120Japan6.065
119Norway6.200
118Denmark6.369
117Iceland6.480

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.679. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh87.195
LowestSweden5.627
Middle country: 23.911
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali103.767
LowestSweden6.060
Middle country: 37.847

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

+6 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
10 · 105rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea69.405 → 70.122+0.717
Madagascar36.784 → 37.316+0.532
Tanzania42.915 → 43.282+0.367
Syria19.983 → 20.342+0.359
Uganda52.478 → 52.800+0.322

Fell most

Lebanon34.758 → 32.177−2.582
Haiti68.478 → 66.108−2.370
Algeria57.012 → 54.763−2.249
Côte d’Ivoire63.416 → 61.272−2.144
Lesotho51.901 → 49.763−2.138

+ Armenia

+ Eritrea

+ Ethiopia

+ Gabon

+ Cambodia

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1977). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1977

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