Data for 1987

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1987

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1987
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1987, 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, 1987 covers 153 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 81.036; Japan is lowest, at 2.932. The middle country reads 23.422. Against 1986, 150 values changed (5 up, 145 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1987

HighestAfghanistan

81.036

LowestJapan

2.932

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

153countries
3measures per country
1987the year it describes
153distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	81.036	71.226	92.452
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.523	68.370	76.948
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	71.157	64.140	78.805
4	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	66.662	58.969	75.267
5	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	66.208	61.379	70.920
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	65.462	53.289	79.096
7	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	63.774	58.275	69.593
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.493	54.571	73.538
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	62.697	55.085	71.977
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	62.346	55.911	69.158
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.139	51.447	75.278
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.197	57.664	65.007
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.339	50.259	65.394
14	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55.781	46.582	66.390
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	54.766	48.121	62.487
16	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	52.762	46.870	58.742
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52.536	44.961	61.981
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	50.621	43.962	58.364
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.983	44.799	55.690
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	49.732	40.394	60.912
21	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.283	43.683	55.111
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	48.748	43.008	54.910
23	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.680	40.295	58.322
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	47.389	41.795	54.036
25	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	47.081	42.895	51.605
26	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.900	35.268	62.494
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	46.778	42.034	51.839
28	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.579	40.383	51.731
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.171	40.089	51.162
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	45.141	40.944	49.392
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.873	39.254	49.208
32	Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.435	39.599	47.518
33	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.053	38.915	47.555
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	42.979	38.396	47.784
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.450	37.955	47.457
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.877	37.484	46.438
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.684	37.856	45.642
38	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	41.511	36.846	46.561
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.054	33.455	49.008
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.972	35.968	44.594
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	39.922	36.061	44.118
42	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.586	33.944	46.344
43	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.526	33.112	44.602
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.514	35.485	41.592
45	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.064	32.822	44.043
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.462	32.730	40.509
47	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.856	32.218	39.926
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.009	26.948	36.972
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.970	29.386	34.577
50	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.354	26.384	36.521
51	Peru`PER`South America	31.188	28.821	33.859
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31.099	28.004	34.473
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.751	25.495	34.479
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.474	24.705	35.051
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.997	25.039	33.513
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.539	23.334	34.734
57	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.531	23.806	34.118
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.154	25.344	31.221
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.886	24.502	31.462
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.639	24.384	31.008
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	27.486	22.635	33.172
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.320	20.874	35.823
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.743	23.519	30.317
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.583	24.078	29.249
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.569	23.842	29.547
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.125	21.599	32.059
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.484	22.503	29.014
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.962	21.982	28.213
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.916	21.254	28.898
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.828	21.711	28.198
71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.491	21.504	27.964
72	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24.463	20.983	27.979
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.432	19.665	29.849
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.931	21.062	27.013
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.906	21.015	27.227
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.574	20.199	27.345
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.422	20.228	26.806
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.264	19.099	28.407
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.237	19.335	26.241
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.777	19.093	26.503
81	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.543	19.299	26.142
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.080	17.901	26.779
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.781	19.822	23.876
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.709	17.862	26.226
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21.226	17.266	25.853
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	21.152	17.396	25.518
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.935	18.584	23.347
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.419	17.423	23.983
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	20.412	17.900	23.114
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.634	18.456	20.856
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.538	16.270	23.000
92	Colombia`COL`South America	19.436	17.612	21.357
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19.260	16.061	23.126
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.233	15.476	23.857
95	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.107	15.593	20.843
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.726	11.380	24.655
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.161	16.276	18.101
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	17.013	16.532	17.495
99	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.518	15.617	17.412
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.463	15.915	17.024
101	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.844	14.527	17.232
102	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.888	12.846	14.972
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.867	12.439	15.388
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.826	10.465	17.878
105	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	13.376	12.378	14.412
106	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.308	12.878	13.739
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	12.950	12.396	13.503
108	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.833	10.055	15.601
109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.530	10.491	15.115
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.462	11.067	14.021
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.272	11.954	12.593
112	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.681	11.176	12.241
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.560	10.451	12.713
114	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.152	9.731	10.575
115	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.024	9.586	10.474
116	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.784	9.404	10.148
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.781	8.349	11.505
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.687	9.329	10.040
119	Chile`CHL`South America	9.485	9.146	9.832
120	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.733	7.381	10.280
121	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.530	7.862	9.226
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8.503	7.188	10.022
123	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.420	8.148	8.699
124	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.334	7.378	9.390
125	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.025	7.730	8.322
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.753	7.441	8.065
127	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.474	7.284	7.659
128	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.385	6.950	7.822
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.376	6.279	8.654
130	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.271	6.969	7.581
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.607	6.166	7.060
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.538	6.095	6.993
133	United States`USA`Northern America	6.503	6.340	6.667
134	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.776	5.573	5.985
135	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.626	5.391	5.858
136	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5.528	5.225	5.851
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.293	5.096	5.503
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.253	5.042	5.460
139	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.013	4.853	5.175
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.926	4.667	5.184
141	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.789	4.631	4.955
142	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.776	4.154	5.428
143	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.773	4.522	5.038
144	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.743	4.598	4.894
145	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.563	4.294	4.840
146	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.424	4.173	4.690
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.247	4.051	4.449
148	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.166	3.984	4.353
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.108	3.916	4.308
150	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.923	3.495	4.409
151	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.875	3.705	4.048
152	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.265	3.139	3.397
153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.932	2.839	3.026

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan81.036
2Bangladesh72.523
3Mali71.157
4Guinea66.662
5Pakistan66.208

Lowest

153Japan2.932
152Germany3.265
151Sweden3.875
150Iceland3.923
149Finland4.108

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.422. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan71.226
LowestJapan2.839
Middle country: 19.822
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan92.452
LowestJapan3.026
Middle country: 27.013

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

+3 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
5 · 145rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda7.171 → 7.376+0.205
Chile9.338 → 9.485+0.147
Zambia35.769 → 35.856+0.087
Mauritius17.092 → 17.161+0.069
Latvia6.473 → 6.538+0.064

Fell most

Comoros58.304 → 55.781−2.523
Bangladesh74.843 → 72.523−2.320
Ethiopia64.569 → 62.346−2.223
Haiti47.263 → 45.171−2.092
Egypt40.592 → 38.514−2.078

+ Afghanistan

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Palestine

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1987). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1987

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