Data for 1979

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1979

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1979
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1979, 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, 1979 covers 125 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 91.669; Sweden is lowest, at 5.194. The middle country reads 28.096. Against 1978, 122 values changed (7 up, 115 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1979

HighestBangladesh

91.669

LowestSweden

5.194

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

125countries
3measures per country
1979the year it describes
125distinct 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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	91.669	85.048	98.887
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	87.659	78.040	98.270
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	76.964	69.914	85.189
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	75.437	61.735	92.461
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.580	64.373	86.278
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	73.850	69.262	78.880
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	72.343	62.589	83.204
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	71.834	65.890	78.336
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.243	59.077	76.304
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.212	53.420	70.186
11	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	61.107	54.948	68.012
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	61.020	53.768	69.430
13	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	60.657	52.767	70.356
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.606	54.377	68.108
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.960	50.275	66.532
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	57.854	51.469	64.996
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	57.639	51.339	64.789
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.824	43.344	74.147
19	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.613	47.423	65.159
20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.710	48.077	62.011
21	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.151	48.240	60.983
22	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	54.063	49.601	58.974
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	54.056	45.716	63.880
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.017	46.416	60.239
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	52.609	46.413	59.763
26	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.438	47.858	57.441
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	52.021	46.569	57.980
28	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.388	45.657	55.373
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	50.107	44.159	56.846
30	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	50.011	44.100	56.596
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.693	44.691	55.013
32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.343	42.691	52.391
33	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	46.427	39.531	54.084
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.510	38.001	54.133
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.464	40.572	50.572
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.051	40.097	50.332
37	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	44.762	37.423	53.868
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.699	38.806	49.058
39	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.509	35.387	43.884
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.183	36.184	42.522
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.306	34.017	43.061
42	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.893	30.629	47.213
43	Peru`PER`South America	37.657	34.326	41.143
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.305	31.429	43.492
45	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36.409	31.656	41.901
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	36.056	31.796	40.655
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.747	31.196	40.980
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.682	30.894	41.375
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	35.213	31.696	39.051
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.231	30.447	38.313
51	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.362	29.156	38.186
52	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.845	27.620	39.211
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.736	29.432	36.377
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	32.671	26.305	39.326
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.351	28.794	36.365
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.879	27.384	36.929
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.344	24.758	39.216
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.147	27.276	35.644
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.974	26.513	36.378
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.684	25.022	37.103
61	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.927	22.468	39.762
62	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	29.774	24.041	36.678
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.096	22.236	35.149
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27.049	23.328	30.850
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.864	22.513	31.189
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.834	21.558	33.278
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.619	22.714	30.760
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.323	20.864	32.347
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.702	23.149	28.471
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	24.966	18.713	32.998
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.722	20.729	29.430
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.644	22.031	27.701
73	Colombia`COL`South America	24.470	22.055	26.957
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.376	23.351	25.474
75	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	24.107	20.670	27.888
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	23.069	15.229	31.297
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	22.507	12.960	38.498
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.732	19.444	24.133
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21.563	17.185	27.100
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.868	17.767	24.420
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.495	19.522	21.504
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.270	16.694	24.280
83	Argentina`ARG`South America	20.161	19.481	20.848
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.144	18.213	22.146
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.270	17.826	20.771
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	18.909	15.654	21.995
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.311	17.769	18.876
88	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.270	15.721	21.389
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.110	16.813	19.489
90	Chile`CHL`South America	17.949	17.346	18.518
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.349	14.959	17.761
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.268	15.704	16.827
93	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	15.722	12.445	19.581
94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.497	13.735	17.436
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.687	13.167	16.259
96	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.198	13.794	14.597
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.094	13.705	14.491
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.923	10.813	15.109
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12.243	11.554	12.943
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.212	11.916	12.500
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.815	11.017	12.696
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.792	10.391	11.192
103	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.612	10.161	11.065
104	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.595	9.258	9.921
105	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	9.569	8.163	11.103
106	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.202	8.889	9.515
107	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.939	8.501	9.395
108	United States`USA`Northern America	8.820	8.603	9.034
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.237	7.890	8.586
110	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.136	7.868	8.411
111	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.118	7.891	8.347
112	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7.556	7.300	7.817
113	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.258	7.044	7.470
114	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.054	6.226	7.906
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.823	6.478	7.161
116	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.178	5.940	6.420
117	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.160	5.913	6.408
118	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.060	5.871	6.255
119	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.851	5.610	6.095
120	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.724	5.128	6.373
121	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.549	5.278	5.815
122	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.524	5.295	5.758
123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.366	5.098	5.640
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5.307	5.158	5.455
125	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.194	4.994	5.399

02In 1979

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh91.669
2Mali87.659
3Nepal76.964
4Comoros75.437
5Liberia74.580

Lowest

125Sweden5.194
124Japan5.307
123Norway5.366
122Finland5.524
121Denmark5.549

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.096. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh85.048
LowestSweden4.994
Middle country: 23.328
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh98.887
LowestSweden5.399
Middle country: 35.644

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

+3 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 122 in both
7 · 115rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea71.209 → 72.343+1.134
Madagascar37.800 → 38.306+0.506
Syria20.680 → 20.868+0.188
Zambia34.069 → 34.231+0.161
Ethiopia67.088 → 67.243+0.154

Fell most

Cambodia63.433 → 55.613−7.820
Mali90.095 → 87.659−2.437
Algeria52.438 → 50.011−2.427
Haiti63.618 → 61.212−2.406
Oman40.153 → 37.893−2.260

+ Albania

+ Djibouti

+ Kyrgyzstan

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1979). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1979

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