Data for 1989

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1989

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1989
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1989, 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, 1989 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 77.265; Japan is lowest, at 2.639. The middle country reads 21.145. Against 1988, 155 values changed (10 up, 145 down), 45 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1989

HighestAfghanistan

77.265

LowestJapan

2.639

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

200countries
3measures per country
1989the year it describes
200distinct 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	77.265	68.437	87.490
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	68.877	62.205	76.448
3	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67.914	64.114	71.906
4	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65.407	60.991	69.926
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.687	42.513	89.165
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.463	54.220	75.971
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.192	55.886	71.371
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.957	53.099	71.773
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	61.237	54.067	69.713
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	60.544	54.456	67.080
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.009	50.969	71.097
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	59.838	54.839	65.211
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.380	55.092	61.849
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	56.178	49.354	63.974
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	52.704	46.338	60.002
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	52.215	45.010	60.989
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	51.503	44.191	60.629
18	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.055	42.404	60.364
19	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	50.945	45.540	56.621
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.403	41.086	60.643
21	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	50.051	37.961	66.456
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.373	44.062	54.971
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.623	42.433	55.801
24	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	48.449	39.483	59.016
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.311	43.489	53.712
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.991	39.778	56.635
27	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.001	35.236	60.327
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.996	40.518	51.888
29	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.864	36.565	62.341
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.308	40.756	50.210
31	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	45.205	32.431	64.653
32	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.932	39.649	50.844
33	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44.803	37.388	53.133
34	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.795	40.920	49.003
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.374	39.463	50.191
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.334	28.636	67.737
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.989	39.219	47.105
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.957	38.519	48.135
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	41.198	37.626	45.034
40	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.934	36.940	45.180
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.811	36.470	45.440
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.720	36.591	45.185
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.666	36.422	45.501
44	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.632	35.659	46.090
45	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40.407	36.060	45.095
46	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.261	36.647	43.941
47	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.170	33.608	45.592
48	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39.143	33.188	46.728
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.959	35.153	43.323
50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.575	33.465	44.316
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.861	34.149	41.733
52	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	35.863	30.498	41.531
53	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.801	32.185	39.791
54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35.313	27.362	47.658
55	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.958	32.174	37.802
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.901	30.605	37.533
57	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	32.976	21.526	47.172
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.388	26.799	36.189
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.298	27.000	35.983
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.723	28.385	33.077
61	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.586	25.810	35.945
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.138	24.678	37.508
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.669	26.058	33.596
64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.425	26.553	32.488
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.253	25.077	33.961
66	Peru`PER`South America	29.020	26.868	31.407
67	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	28.978	22.550	36.786
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.686	24.821	32.976
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	28.371	23.603	33.876
70	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.344	23.867	33.545
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.104	23.152	34.211
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.797	23.839	32.385
73	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.208	24.104	30.469
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.187	21.161	34.649
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.043	24.335	29.953
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.000	22.899	29.341
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.539	15.945	34.782
78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.378	21.125	30.706
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.038	22.566	27.735
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.615	22.124	27.376
81	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	24.531	17.223	33.215
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.294	21.467	27.506
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.240	21.485	27.519
84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.022	19.615	28.866
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.428	19.022	29.533
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.210	16.660	31.341
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.134	20.328	26.324
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.074	20.202	26.001
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.052	19.490	26.912
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.992	20.033	26.101
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	22.985	19.848	26.823
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.638	19.907	25.574
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.540	19.422	25.927
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.468	19.879	25.420
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.220	19.146	25.514
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.053	18.507	25.668
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.911	18.099	26.727
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.560	17.516	24.517
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.342	18.325	24.770
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.155	18.534	24.132
101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.135	17.602	25.313
102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.984	17.269	25.555
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.968	11.818	28.804
104	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.880	14.210	29.142
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.387	18.561	22.340
106	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.322	11.351	30.252
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.667	17.564	21.802
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.515	16.261	23.372
109	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.410	14.011	25.276
110	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	19.154	16.833	21.654
111	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	18.953	14.787	24.063
112	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.913	16.087	22.040
113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.812	15.310	22.894
114	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.697	14.644	21.875
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.667	15.173	22.912
116	Colombia`COL`South America	18.621	16.876	20.380
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.493	15.489	21.936
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.138	17.109	19.198
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.151	14.825	19.727
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.429	10.400	22.951
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.188	13.547	19.209
122	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.905	14.937	16.864
123	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.706	14.911	16.512
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.509	15.027	15.962
125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.118	11.768	19.029
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.101	14.490	15.740
127	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.388	13.182	15.605
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.718	10.587	17.332
129	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	13.586	9.829	17.828
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.409	10.391	18.408
131	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.022	11.570	14.582
132	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12.933	9.320	17.169
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.881	11.462	14.378
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.850	9.952	16.124
135	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.843	9.473	16.292
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12.573	11.582	13.601
137	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.508	11.722	13.392
138	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.453	11.459	13.465
139	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	12.222	9.619	14.887
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.033	9.921	14.145
141	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11.902	10.078	14.225
142	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.755	7.351	18.745
143	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.692	10.276	13.081
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.667	11.257	12.083
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.619	11.134	12.093
146	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.523	11.223	11.827
147	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11.477	7.691	16.755
148	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.405	10.133	12.837
149	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.022	7.957	14.360
150	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.996	9.895	12.096
151	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10.873	6.906	16.796
152	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.702	10.085	11.483
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.209	7.637	12.814
154	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	10.160	7.796	13.399
155	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.122	9.472	10.792
156	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9.236	8.836	9.635
157	Chile`CHL`South America	9.097	8.779	9.416
158	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.939	8.605	9.271
159	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.503	8.076	8.934
160	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.131	6.974	9.543
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.122	7.203	9.169
162	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.056	6.871	9.415
163	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.999	7.683	8.322
164	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.862	7.215	8.526
165	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.830	6.647	9.188
166	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.745	7.443	8.048
167	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.576	7.299	7.875
168	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	7.409	3.886	14.117
169	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.348	6.875	7.843
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.277	6.451	8.217
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.016	6.769	7.265
172	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.790	6.334	7.247
173	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.769	1.463	30.747
174	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.767	6.598	6.938
175	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.594	6.336	6.865
176	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.230	5.834	6.624
177	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.144	4.996	7.165
178	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.064	5.272	6.909
179	United States`USA`Northern America	5.984	5.827	6.142
180	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5.126	4.930	5.320
181	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.878	4.670	5.086
182	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.849	4.664	5.040
183	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.815	4.622	5.007
184	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.798	4.537	5.066
185	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.671	4.521	4.827
186	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.604	4.455	4.755
187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.555	4.298	4.828
188	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.537	4.287	4.790
189	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.472	4.340	4.617
190	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.430	4.189	4.684
191	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.423	3.863	5.050
192	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	4.378	3.221	5.606
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.141	3.903	4.380
194	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.037	3.847	4.237
195	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.961	3.764	4.164
196	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.823	3.657	4.000
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.633	3.469	3.801
198	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.610	3.200	4.075
199	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.265	3.142	3.392
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.639	2.554	2.723

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan77.265
2Mali68.877
3Bangladesh67.914
4Pakistan65.407
5South Sudan64.687

Lowest

200Japan2.639
199Germany3.265
198Iceland3.610
197Sweden3.633
196France3.823

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 21.145. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan68.437
LowestAndorra1.463
Middle country: 17.393
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan89.165
LowestJapan2.723
Middle country: 25.535

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

+45 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 155 in both
10 · 145rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan27.664 → 28.371+0.707
Georgia20.718 → 21.342+0.624
Latvia6.800 → 7.348+0.549
Antigua and Barbuda7.679 → 8.056+0.377
Lithuania6.504 → 6.790+0.286

Fell most

Sudan46.151 → 42.957−3.194
Comoros53.425 → 51.055−2.370
Bangladesh70.190 → 67.914−2.276
Haiti42.864 → 40.632−2.233
Zimbabwe24.697 → 22.468−2.229

+ Angola

+ Anguilla

+ Andorra

+ Belarus

+ Brunei

+ Bhutan

+ China

+ Cook Islands

+ Cyprus

+ Fiji

+ Micronesia

+ Gambia

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Grenada

+ Iran

+ Kiribati

+ Monaco

+ Marshall Islands

+ Myanmar

+ Montenegro

+ Montserrat

+ Niue

+ Nauru

+ Palau

+ North Korea

+ Qatar

+ Romania

+ Russia

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Solomon Islands

+ Sierra Leone

+ San Marino

+ Serbia

+ South Sudan

+ Suriname

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Tajikistan

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Uzbekistan

+ Venezuela

+ British Virgin Islands

+ Vanuatu

+ Samoa

+ Kosovo

04Caveats

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1989). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1989

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