Data for 1983

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1983

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1983
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1983, 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, 1983 covers 140 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 82.320; Japan is lowest, at 3.950. The middle country reads 24.853. Against 1982, 136 values changed (6 up, 130 down), 4 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1983

HighestBangladesh

82.320

LowestJapan

3.950

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

140countries
3measures per country
1983the year it describes
140distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	82.320	77.272	87.602
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	75.905	67.826	84.436
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.469	64.105	84.791
4	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	70.646	64.396	77.629
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	69.231	64.145	74.526
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	68.541	59.198	78.793
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.407	60.234	75.459
8	India`IND`Southern Asia	67.355	63.370	71.719
9	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	66.216	54.982	80.437
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	63.664	54.693	73.983
11	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	57.908	50.860	66.352
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.367	50.431	65.463
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	55.732	49.115	63.234
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	54.258	48.529	60.767
15	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	53.461	44.911	63.778
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.357	48.344	58.879
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.304	47.623	59.610
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.128	42.422	66.653
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	53.101	45.154	62.512
20	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	52.630	46.338	60.263
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	52.627	46.274	59.570
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	50.661	44.813	56.844
23	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.352	45.310	56.123
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.330	44.764	54.019
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	49.311	44.189	54.655
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.126	43.612	55.216
27	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	48.630	33.158	71.753
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48.188	43.033	54.188
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	47.797	42.155	54.385
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.300	43.554	51.454
31	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.132	43.049	51.649
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.329	40.589	50.618
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.092	40.797	49.625
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.946	40.705	49.495
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.785	39.524	51.053
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.782	39.268	48.880
37	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	42.474	36.508	49.385
38	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	42.284	35.957	49.246
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.190	37.014	45.799
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.738	36.385	45.431
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.017	33.539	47.280
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.716	33.668	41.977
43	Peru`PER`South America	35.603	32.635	38.805
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.210	32.462	38.075
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.047	31.419	38.932
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.995	31.389	38.753
47	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.562	29.642	39.752
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.304	28.150	36.883
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.243	27.195	37.892
50	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.241	27.972	37.127
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	31.830	28.117	35.873
52	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.636	25.402	37.679
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.563	27.466	33.894
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.188	26.013	34.754
55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.005	27.113	33.119
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.926	26.110	33.948
57	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.838	23.898	37.295
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	29.692	22.738	38.370
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.556	23.736	36.337
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.372	24.534	35.367
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	28.485	24.876	32.520
62	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	28.127	22.477	34.475
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.109	24.673	32.088
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	27.655	24.084	31.793
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.093	23.820	30.699
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.083	23.551	30.249
67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.460	20.533	34.120
68	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.211	21.428	32.140
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.702	22.308	29.026
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.037	21.208	28.768
71	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	24.670	20.916	28.627
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.562	22.261	27.151
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.478	19.881	30.109
74	Belize`BLZ`Central America	24.450	19.874	30.041
75	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	24.338	19.999	28.905
76	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	23.702	18.566	30.123
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	23.617	20.073	27.836
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.243	20.713	26.051
79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.067	19.990	26.429
80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.246	18.288	26.981
81	Colombia`COL`South America	21.592	19.541	23.713
82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	21.029	16.713	26.410
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.593	13.262	28.411
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20.478	16.289	25.728
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.179	16.613	24.035
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.108	18.854	21.482
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.997	17.135	23.228
88	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	17.816	16.656	19.000
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.285	16.339	18.276
90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.094	15.339	18.945
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.071	15.534	18.655
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.067	12.126	23.718
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.865	16.199	17.541
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.785	15.262	16.301
95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15.398	14.939	15.845
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	15.376	14.223	16.571
97	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15.315	14.188	16.472
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.700	11.337	18.104
99	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	14.091	12.082	16.579
100	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.511	12.987	14.022
101	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.485	13.117	13.857
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	12.985	11.673	14.341
103	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.865	12.384	13.315
104	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.820	11.376	12.255
105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.210	10.911	11.514
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.130	10.626	11.633
107	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	11.058	8.950	13.560
108	Chile`CHL`South America	10.618	10.184	11.069
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10.515	9.301	11.873
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.363	8.656	12.262
111	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.211	9.482	11.001
112	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9.989	9.423	10.584
113	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9.963	9.580	10.371
114	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.308	9.074	9.534
115	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.251	8.880	9.621
116	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.423	8.094	8.761
117	United States`USA`Northern America	7.462	7.275	7.646
118	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.460	7.177	7.753
119	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7.434	7.197	7.669
120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.343	6.269	8.581
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.166	6.797	7.537
122	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.926	6.411	7.434
123	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.847	6.369	7.334
124	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.378	6.138	6.623
125	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.122	5.904	6.340
126	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.053	5.875	6.229
127	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.014	5.732	6.301
128	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.620	5.452	5.791
129	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.383	4.548	6.205
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.321	5.020	5.629
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.166	4.987	5.348
132	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.991	4.789	5.199
133	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.821	4.553	5.093
134	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.738	4.522	4.962
135	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.646	4.148	5.200
136	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.615	4.356	4.882
137	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.388	4.199	4.581
138	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.383	4.175	4.592
139	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.259	4.102	4.416
140	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.950	3.832	4.070

02In 1983

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh82.320
2Mali75.905
3Guinea73.469
4Nepal70.646
5Pakistan69.231

Lowest

140Japan3.950
139Germany4.259
138Finland4.383
137Sweden4.388
136Norway4.615

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 24.853. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh77.272
LowestJapan3.832
Middle country: 21.062
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh87.602
LowestJapan4.070
Middle country: 30.075

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

+4 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 136 in both
6 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ethiopia66.584 → 67.407+0.823
Eritrea41.471 → 42.284+0.813
Sudan44.745 → 45.329+0.585
Zambia34.767 → 35.047+0.280
Niger57.217 → 57.367+0.150

Fell most

Algeria41.340 → 37.716−3.625
Mali78.611 → 75.905−2.706
Bangladesh84.990 → 82.320−2.670
Rwanda52.836 → 50.352−2.484
Comoros68.662 → 66.216−2.446

+ Azerbaijan

+ Iraq

+ Somalia

+ Eswatini

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1983). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1983

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