Data for 1978

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1978

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1978
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1978, 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, 1978 covers 122 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 93.30; Sweden is lowest, at 5.49. The middle country reads 28.19. Against 1977, 121 values changed (9 up, 112 down), 1 country joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1978

HighestBangladesh

93.30

LowestSweden

5.49

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

122countries
3measures per country
1978the year it describes
122distinct 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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	93.30	86.38	100.709
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	90.10	80.06	101.141
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.47	71.25	87.083
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	77.09	62.75	94.618
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.03	65.58	87.977
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.57	70.63	80.790
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.30	66.03	79.027
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	71.21	61.17	82.280
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.09	58.67	76.390
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.62	55.47	72.790
11	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	63.43	54.10	74.033
12	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.96	56.51	70.251
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	62.70	55.05	71.413
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.23	55.60	69.917
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.22	53.00	71.176
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.41	52.98	66.900
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	58.85	51.09	67.751
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	58.73	52.21	66.198
19	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	55.92	49.03	63.700
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	55.35	50.70	60.394
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	54.55	46.04	64.714
22	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.52	48.51	61.351
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.17	46.88	60.370
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	53.10	48.64	58.156
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.06	46.41	60.414
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	52.79	47.17	58.798
27	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.44	45.88	59.589
28	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.50	46.65	56.740
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	50.92	44.79	57.906
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.66	45.55	56.210
31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.22	43.46	53.454
32	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.60	39.93	56.397
33	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.20	40.21	55.025
34	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.01	41.71	52.641
35	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	45.83	37.94	55.765
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.13	40.13	50.464
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.57	38.48	49.083
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.71	36.42	45.267
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40.15	32.35	50.293
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.14	37.05	43.522
41	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	38.46	32.61	44.796
42	Peru`PER`South America	38.00	34.57	41.585
43	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.80	33.55	42.618
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.69	32.70	43.343
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.22	32.83	41.999
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.00	32.04	42.858
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.48	32.81	40.393
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.96	31.34	41.392
49	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.21	30.60	40.515
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.07	30.23	38.196
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.82	30.05	38.215
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.33	29.86	37.162
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.07	27.64	39.578
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.02	26.70	39.787
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	32.72	27.91	37.984
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.41	28.28	37.067
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.89	25.14	40.265
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	31.64	26.93	37.382
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.09	25.29	37.701
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	30.81	24.83	38.053
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.93	22.82	36.523
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27.46	23.65	31.433
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.33	22.95	31.705
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	27.28	21.57	33.926
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	27.10	23.19	31.388
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.00	21.08	33.689
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.98	23.36	28.791
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	25.50	18.52	34.936
69	Colombia`COL`South America	25.26	22.77	27.862
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.98	20.87	29.891
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.75	22.02	27.817
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.50	23.35	25.722
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	24.11	20.64	28.012
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	23.60	16.02	31.840
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.58	20.20	25.109
76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21.78	17.40	27.134
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.50	20.76	22.276
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.31	20.23	22.433
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.94	18.78	23.216
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.68	17.52	24.242
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.58	16.52	25.153
82	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	20.15	18.66	21.704
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	20.01	17.41	22.326
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.96	19.41	20.509
85	Chile`CHL`South America	19.66	18.94	20.344
86	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.20	17.88	20.648
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.89	16.33	22.040
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.48	16.86	18.094
89	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16.69	13.05	20.927
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.22	14.82	17.716
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.97	14.11	17.974
92	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.09	14.68	15.501
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.97	13.42	16.603
94	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.44	14.02	14.854
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.64	11.43	15.914
96	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.25	12.45	14.080
97	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.11	12.79	13.424
98	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.29	11.46	13.192
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.23	10.78	11.680
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.22	10.79	11.681
101	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.52	10.14	10.892
102	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.36	8.90	11.994
103	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.03	9.70	10.364
104	United States`USA`Northern America	9.47	9.25	9.691
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.15	8.78	9.541
106	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.13	8.69	9.568
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.85	8.61	9.084
108	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.77	8.47	9.070
109	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.16	7.90	8.434
110	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.78	7.55	8.003
111	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.65	6.79	8.581
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.37	7.00	7.739
113	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.15	6.90	7.406
114	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.87	6.62	7.135
115	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.43	6.23	6.632
116	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6.23	5.96	6.494
117	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	6.08	5.46	6.738
118	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.99	5.75	6.240
119	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.90	5.61	6.175
120	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.76	5.47	6.053
121	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.69	5.53	5.851
122	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.49	5.28	5.707

02In 1978

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh93.30
2Mali90.10
3Nepal78.47
4Comoros77.09
5Liberia76.03

Lowest

122Sweden5.49
121Japan5.69
120Norway5.76
119Denmark5.90
118Finland5.99

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh86.38
LowestSweden5.28
Middle country: 23.51
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali101.141
LowestSweden5.707
Middle country: 35.730

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

+1 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 121 in both
9 · 112rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea70.12 → 71.21+1.09
Madagascar37.32 → 37.80+0.48
Saint Lucia15.78 → 16.22+0.43
Syria20.34 → 20.68+0.34
Tanzania43.28 → 43.57+0.29

Fell most

Cambodia66.12 → 63.43−2.68
Haiti66.11 → 63.62−2.49
Algeria54.76 → 52.44−2.33
Lesotho49.76 → 47.60−2.16
Oman42.17 → 40.15−2.02

+ United Arab Emirates

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1978). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1978

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