Data for 1985

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1985

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1985
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1985, 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, 1985 covers 146 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 77.217; Japan is lowest, at 3.394. The middle country reads 24.018. Against 1984, 142 values changed (7 up, 135 down), 4 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1985

HighestBangladesh

77.217

LowestJapan

3.394

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

146countries
3measures per country
1985the year it describes
146distinct 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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	77.217	72.633	81.972
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	72.685	65.189	80.792
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	70.582	61.895	80.663
4	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	67.437	62.409	72.481
5	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	67.315	61.529	73.796
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	65.555	56.537	75.774
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65.476	58.525	72.886
8	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.246	60.501	68.285
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	63.401	55.225	73.026
10	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	60.850	50.745	73.485
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.724	50.678	66.109
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	56.454	49.554	64.578
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	53.676	47.819	60.119
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	53.054	45.194	62.390
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	52.415	46.508	58.940
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	52.057	44.726	61.010
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.637	46.203	57.587
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.375	41.484	63.321
19	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.293	44.297	57.640
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.787	45.226	54.781
21	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.599	43.986	55.630
22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	49.116	43.424	55.498
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	48.051	43.016	53.323
24	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	47.671	34.816	65.948
25	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.212	42.850	51.663
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46.824	41.292	53.162
27	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.516	41.863	51.748
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	45.757	40.705	51.313
29	Bolivia`BOL`South America	45.479	41.555	49.764
30	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.144	40.362	50.448
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.068	40.346	50.514
32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.577	39.549	47.800
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.836	39.570	46.365
34	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.727	38.043	47.591
35	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42.674	37.737	48.331
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.306	38.298	46.696
37	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	41.107	35.310	47.594
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.833	33.682	51.742
39	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.654	34.754	47.601
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.408	36.335	45.168
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.921	33.055	45.503
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.655	34.821	42.928
43	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.567	31.936	39.561
44	Peru`PER`South America	33.520	30.819	36.503
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	33.385	30.655	36.174
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.323	28.512	38.297
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.882	29.441	36.337
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.414	25.671	37.075
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.079	26.427	36.467
50	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.011	27.987	34.153
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.440	26.496	35.043
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.838	26.238	33.646
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.827	26.299	33.723
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.402	26.573	32.527
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.073	23.789	35.347
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.044	23.348	35.706
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.713	25.245	32.312
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	28.328	22.543	35.221
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.157	23.530	33.714
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.956	25.097	31.026
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	27.394	23.554	31.551
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	26.981	20.177	36.574
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.615	23.439	30.248
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.594	23.184	30.422
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.060	22.610	29.873
66	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	25.713	22.524	29.458
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.380	22.476	28.519
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.307	22.170	28.570
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	25.157	19.906	31.569
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.990	21.414	28.051
71	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	24.683	20.219	30.181
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.225	20.790	27.771
73	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	24.038	19.108	29.433
74	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.999	20.097	28.041
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	23.676	19.930	27.542
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.310	21.174	25.640
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.203	18.954	28.117
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	23.078	19.645	27.144
79	Belize`BLZ`Central America	22.795	18.613	27.768
80	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	22.554	18.179	27.866
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.141	19.739	24.713
82	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	22.006	19.184	24.982
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.892	17.613	24.905
84	Colombia`COL`South America	20.492	18.546	22.564
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.105	16.653	23.682
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.071	16.370	24.895
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.889	18.697	21.085
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.857	15.882	24.799
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.255	12.379	26.509
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.092	16.433	22.024
91	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	17.144	16.177	18.121
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.915	16.002	17.883
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.798	16.214	17.367
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.680	15.172	18.242
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.586	16.096	17.095
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	15.497	14.763	16.278
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.328	13.766	16.979
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.090	11.241	19.715
99	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.901	14.440	15.382
100	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.693	13.607	15.807
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.360	13.300	15.468
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.696	10.602	16.895
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.530	11.032	16.558
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.912	12.569	13.263
105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12.506	11.929	13.055
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	12.251	11.042	13.484
107	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12.092	11.631	12.573
108	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.803	10.086	13.890
109	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.546	11.123	11.967
110	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.763	10.375	11.151
111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.748	10.250	11.246
112	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.891	9.599	10.179
113	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.630	7.816	11.744
114	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.360	8.649	10.081
115	Chile`CHL`South America	9.359	8.956	9.777
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9.336	7.835	11.027
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.076	8.014	10.229
118	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.785	8.435	9.136
119	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.736	8.267	9.222
120	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.453	8.113	8.791
121	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.307	8.110	8.509
122	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.755	7.456	8.062
123	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.118	6.641	7.605
124	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.073	6.028	8.286
125	United States`USA`Northern America	6.948	6.774	7.118
126	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.572	6.308	6.837
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.539	6.117	6.996
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.389	6.047	6.754
129	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.206	5.985	6.426
130	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.714	5.500	5.926
131	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.700	5.477	5.927
132	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.486	5.319	5.651
133	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.319	5.057	5.589
134	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.137	4.980	5.294
135	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.023	4.301	5.746
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.916	4.746	5.091
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.864	4.576	5.153
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.810	4.551	5.078
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.550	4.362	4.750
140	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.548	4.297	4.822
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.402	4.194	4.609
142	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.256	3.805	4.786
143	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.234	4.035	4.434
144	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.087	3.908	4.277
145	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.680	3.543	3.820
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.394	3.289	3.499

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh77.217
2Mali72.685
3Guinea70.582
4Pakistan67.437
5Nepal67.315

Lowest

146Japan3.394
145Germany3.680
144Sweden4.087
143Finland4.234
142Iceland4.256

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 24.018. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh72.633
LowestJapan3.289
Middle country: 20.014
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh81.972
LowestJapan3.499
Middle country: 28.046

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

+4 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 142 in both
7 · 135rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Argentina16.029 → 16.586+0.557
Zambia35.314 → 35.567+0.253
Sri Lanka16.604 → 16.798+0.193
Niger57.608 → 57.724+0.116
Madagascar40.375 → 40.408+0.034

Fell most

Algeria34.135 → 31.011−3.124
Comoros63.564 → 60.850−2.714
Bangladesh79.718 → 77.217−2.501
Egypt45.155 → 42.836−2.319
Oman25.937 → 24.038−1.899

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Kuwait

+ El Salvador

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1985). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1985

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