Data for 1980

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1980

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1980
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1980, 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, 1980 covers 127 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 89.706; Japan is lowest, at 4.933. The middle country reads 27.210. Against 1979, 125 values changed (5 up, 120 down), 2 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1980

HighestBangladesh

89.706

LowestJapan

4.933

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

127countries
3measures per country
1980the year it describes
127distinct 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	89.706	83.574	96.45
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.806	75.545	94.70
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	75.360	68.514	83.24
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	73.360	60.240	90.36
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.268	64.032	83.84
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	73.169	63.150	84.69
7	India`IND`Southern Asia	72.150	67.760	76.98
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	71.330	65.503	77.60
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.285	59.400	76.02
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	63.703	53.840	75.05
11	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	60.012	52.309	69.49
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.544	52.455	67.58
13	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	59.212	53.415	65.85
14	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.806	51.433	67.26
15	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.286	52.283	65.31
16	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.363	49.978	65.71
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.663	50.396	63.60
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.486	50.293	63.36
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.898	43.316	72.22
20	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.882	47.890	60.89
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	53.599	45.461	63.11
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	53.440	47.181	60.57
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.638	48.312	57.37
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.547	46.145	59.64
25	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	52.487	45.316	60.73
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51.825	45.768	58.72
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.725	47.146	56.77
28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	51.264	45.908	57.18
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	49.421	43.526	56.05
30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.354	44.867	54.23
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.641	43.856	53.71
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	47.496	42.051	53.38
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.707	42.157	51.64
34	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	45.506	38.885	52.89
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.947	40.115	50.28
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	44.033	39.379	48.91
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.794	38.941	49.24
38	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43.595	36.536	51.81
39	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	43.546	36.678	51.95
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.067	35.831	44.82
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.386	34.411	42.65
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.220	35.322	41.39
43	Peru`PER`South America	37.330	34.009	40.91
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.403	30.641	42.35
45	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.432	28.507	44.03
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.301	30.833	40.29
47	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.274	30.633	40.57
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.994	30.809	39.52
49	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.388	30.600	38.37
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	34.335	29.701	39.72
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.838	30.371	37.66
52	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.716	27.620	38.92
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	32.347	25.964	38.84
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.132	28.979	35.71
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.643	27.660	36.22
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.080	26.819	35.85
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30.937	27.451	34.65
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.780	24.436	38.35
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.296	24.720	36.75
60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.274	26.109	35.38
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.024	26.294	34.30
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.165	22.247	38.26
63	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	28.829	23.319	35.35
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	27.210	21.612	33.90
65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.660	22.990	30.31
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.375	22.085	30.49
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.349	21.292	32.57
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.110	22.215	30.21
69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	25.640	20.562	31.13
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.468	23.038	28.17
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.463	21.876	27.52
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.440	20.619	28.99
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	24.334	18.821	31.28
74	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	24.030	20.621	27.76
75	Colombia`COL`South America	23.682	21.338	26.07
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.415	22.533	24.36
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.473	14.724	30.66
78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21.376	17.056	26.91
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21.155	12.843	34.20
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.867	17.791	24.38
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.492	18.343	22.88
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.062	16.804	23.74
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.766	18.766	20.81
84	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	19.326	17.633	21.06
85	Argentina`ARG`South America	18.492	17.864	19.12
86	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.455	17.045	19.90
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.844	14.339	21.21
88	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17.502	15.067	20.53
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	17.163	15.911	18.48
90	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	16.965	16.476	17.47
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.336	15.024	17.68
92	Chile`CHL`South America	15.741	15.182	16.30
93	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.261	14.719	15.81
94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.645	12.964	16.48
95	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	14.392	11.434	17.96
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.188	12.701	15.68
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.851	13.461	14.25
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.347	12.985	13.71
99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.231	10.194	14.38
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.602	10.982	12.21
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.392	10.626	12.25
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.287	11.016	11.56
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.440	10.031	10.85
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.008	9.603	10.43
105	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.899	8.571	9.22
106	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.843	8.557	9.13
107	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.842	7.527	10.29
108	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.629	8.175	9.12
109	United States`USA`Northern America	8.357	8.149	8.56
110	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.683	7.041	8.35
111	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.628	7.363	7.90
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.453	7.251	7.66
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.410	7.088	7.73
114	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7.061	6.820	7.31
115	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.755	6.559	6.95
116	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.495	5.649	7.33
117	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.324	5.986	6.66
118	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.748	5.554	5.94
119	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.676	5.448	5.91
120	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.523	5.286	5.76
121	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.455	5.246	5.67
122	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.407	4.852	6.03
123	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.297	5.035	5.57
124	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.122	4.894	5.36
125	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.048	4.782	5.32
126	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.944	4.742	5.15
127	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.933	4.794	5.08

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh89.706
2Mali84.806
3Nepal75.360
4Comoros73.360
5Guinea73.268

Lowest

127Japan4.933
126Sweden4.944
125Norway5.048
124Finland5.122
123Denmark5.297

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 27.210. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh83.574
LowestSweden4.742
Middle country: 22.990
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh96.45
LowestJapan5.08
Middle country: 34.20

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

+2 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 125 in both
5 · 120rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar38.306 → 40.067+1.761
Guinea72.343 → 73.268+0.925
Zambia34.231 → 34.388+0.157
Tanzania43.699 → 43.794+0.095
Ethiopia67.243 → 67.285+0.042

Fell most

Cambodia55.613 → 52.487−3.126
Mali87.659 → 84.806−2.852
Algeria50.011 → 47.496−2.515
Oman37.893 → 35.432−2.460
Haiti61.212 → 58.806−2.406

+ Latvia

+ Mozambique

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1980). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1980

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