Data for 1988

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1988

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1988
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1988, 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, 1988 covers 155 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 78.801; Japan is lowest, at 2.762. The middle country reads 22.715. Against 1987, 153 values changed (7 up, 146 down), 2 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1988

HighestAfghanistan

78.801

LowestJapan

2.762

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

155countries
3measures per country
1988the year it describes
155distinct 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	78.801	69.5085	89.666
2	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.190	66.2504	74.348
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.147	63.4007	77.757
4	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65.751	61.1051	70.354
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	65.004	53.9244	77.439
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	64.857	57.3999	73.156
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.708	53.8009	72.584
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	62.089	54.5724	71.012
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	61.844	56.5496	67.475
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	61.446	55.2084	68.116
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.122	51.4616	73.286
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.796	56.3887	63.380
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	56.848	50.0272	64.758
14	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	53.726	47.2955	61.168
15	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.425	44.5466	63.327
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52.080	44.6678	61.408
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	51.940	46.2209	57.799
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	49.748	43.3513	57.016
19	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.246	43.7900	55.000
20	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.121	44.1393	54.664
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	49.025	39.8919	59.957
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	47.195	41.4627	53.246
23	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46.764	38.7943	55.747
24	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.463	35.3885	60.880
25	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.151	41.6265	51.360
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	46.080	41.4055	51.080
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.058	40.7152	52.332
28	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.898	41.8625	50.290
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.985	39.8561	51.030
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.050	40.0900	48.314
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.864	37.9773	48.477
32	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.323	38.6391	46.288
33	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.708	37.6947	46.052
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.670	37.2666	46.457
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.488	37.1395	46.287
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.406	37.1233	45.944
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	41.049	36.6219	45.973
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.856	37.1068	44.629
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39.619	33.3421	47.703
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.514	35.6471	43.955
41	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.359	33.7171	46.019
42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	38.852	35.0901	42.887
43	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.496	33.1827	44.379
44	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	37.043	31.6939	42.766
45	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.650	33.7172	39.567
46	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.916	32.3133	39.946
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.235	31.6520	39.154
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.562	26.7161	36.463
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.343	28.8715	33.839
50	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.337	26.7316	36.252
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	30.286	27.3098	33.491
52	Peru`PER`South America	30.076	27.8085	32.606
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.334	24.9196	34.408
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.143	25.1775	33.608
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.393	23.8299	33.641
56	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.367	24.4054	32.954
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.302	23.2667	34.441
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	27.664	23.0999	33.021
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.583	24.7472	30.574
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.393	24.2338	30.676
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.292	21.0806	35.336
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.926	23.7248	30.401
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.813	23.2328	28.633
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.359	22.9322	27.980
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.177	20.7289	30.635
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.942	22.0326	28.327
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.853	20.3270	30.982
68	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	24.697	21.8077	28.070
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.664	21.8062	27.868
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.148	19.5364	29.138
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	24.106	20.8166	27.925
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.903	20.9098	27.129
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.899	20.3033	27.799
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.798	20.9411	27.071
75	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.734	20.5727	26.912
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.259	20.4449	26.262
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.982	19.8771	26.375
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.715	19.9626	25.908
79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.567	18.5849	27.596
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.410	18.7709	26.042
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.377	18.4464	25.404
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.314	19.1992	25.730
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.526	17.5456	26.231
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.393	17.7536	25.612
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.056	19.1770	23.068
86	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.718	17.7199	24.186
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	20.328	16.8645	24.417
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.309	18.0484	22.615
89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.017	16.2772	24.359
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.715	17.3446	22.315
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.215	16.0862	22.589
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.068	18.0160	20.160
93	Colombia`COL`South America	19.020	17.2358	20.860
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.951	15.2972	23.363
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.815	15.7292	22.390
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.609	15.1578	20.278
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.072	10.8964	23.786
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.722	15.7996	17.652
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.358	15.8928	16.818
100	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.239	15.3153	17.142
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.867	15.2691	16.466
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.174	13.9465	16.473
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.321	10.2313	16.919
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.313	11.8711	14.840
105	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.280	12.2571	14.335
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.911	11.9311	13.938
107	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.423	12.0208	12.825
108	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.402	9.9636	14.837
109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.163	10.2428	14.628
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	12.097	11.5764	12.617
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.917	11.5944	12.234
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.913	10.5789	13.388
113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.276	10.6921	11.978
114	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.261	10.1700	12.389
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.456	9.7667	11.172
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9.613	9.1883	10.053
117	Chile`CHL`South America	9.458	9.1093	9.817
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.254	8.8940	9.608
119	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.200	8.7892	9.619
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.902	7.6251	10.458
121	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.854	8.4905	9.212
122	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.404	7.2796	9.706
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.174	7.5145	8.865
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8.151	6.9043	9.597
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.871	6.9612	8.872
126	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.804	7.5004	8.111
127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.679	6.5254	8.981
128	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.671	7.4249	7.921
129	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.636	7.3128	7.958
130	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.112	6.9306	7.290
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.954	6.6775	7.239
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	6.800	6.3610	7.260
133	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.773	6.3585	7.187
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.504	6.0825	6.940
135	United States`USA`Northern America	6.241	6.0830	6.400
136	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.457	5.2632	5.651
137	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	5.214	4.9857	5.440
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.070	4.8836	5.268
139	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5.053	4.7771	5.347
140	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.044	4.8389	5.254
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.854	4.5823	5.127
142	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.787	4.6353	4.940
143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.737	4.5759	4.903
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.675	4.4164	4.941
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.622	4.0267	5.260
146	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.597	4.4621	4.741
147	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.481	4.2149	4.756
148	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.303	4.0453	4.564
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.164	3.9630	4.373
150	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.038	3.8369	4.243
151	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.001	3.8322	4.181
152	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.768	3.3476	4.237
153	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.765	3.5951	3.936
154	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.220	3.0991	3.345
155	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.762	2.6714	2.852

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan78.801
2Bangladesh70.190
3Mali70.147
4Pakistan65.751
5Guinea-Bissau65.004

Lowest

155Japan2.762
154Germany3.220
153Sweden3.765
152Iceland3.768
151France4.001

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 22.715. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan69.5085
LowestJapan2.6714
Middle country: 19.5364
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan89.666
LowestJapan2.852
Middle country: 26.262

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

+2 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 153 in both
7 · 146rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sudan43.873 → 46.151+2.278
Armenia23.574 → 24.106+0.532
Antigua and Barbuda7.376 → 7.679+0.303
Georgia20.419 → 20.718+0.299
Latvia6.538 → 6.800+0.262

Fell most

Comoros55.781 → 53.425−2.356
Bangladesh72.523 → 70.190−2.333
Haiti45.171 → 42.864−2.306
Afghanistan81.036 → 78.801−2.234
Zimbabwe26.743 → 24.697−2.045

+ Estonia

+ Turkmenistan

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1988). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1988

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