Data for 1990

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1990

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1990
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1990, 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, 1990 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 75.761; Japan is lowest, at 2.547. The middle country reads 20.602. Against 1989, 200 values changed (20 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1990

HighestAfghanistan

75.761

LowestJapan

2.547

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

200countries
3measures per country
1990the 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	75.761	67.368	85.295
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.352	60.854	74.735
3	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65.687	62.042	69.487
4	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65.069	60.864	69.588
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.207	42.889	87.788
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.888	54.263	74.870
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.647	54.617	69.462
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.116	52.267	70.869
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	60.272	53.227	68.430
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	59.547	53.535	65.882
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.789	50.231	69.361
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	57.814	53.058	63.004
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.001	53.869	60.379
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	55.355	48.607	62.820
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.995	45.092	60.114
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	51.627	45.286	58.766
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.887	43.870	59.678
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49.865	38.083	65.360
19	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	49.850	44.578	55.390
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	49.527	40.863	58.906
21	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.498	44.352	54.929
22	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.731	40.208	57.746
23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	47.967	39.130	58.248
24	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.635	42.852	52.828
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	47.288	41.383	54.078
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.439	39.708	55.146
27	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.776	37.025	60.858
28	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.487	34.843	59.805
29	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.174	39.810	50.979
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	44.534	40.075	49.349
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.022	38.913	49.772
32	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	43.752	39.951	47.915
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.744	38.958	49.458
34	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	43.446	32.158	59.731
35	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42.936	36.043	50.582
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.427	37.901	47.594
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.292	28.907	64.024
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.046	38.394	46.024
39	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.992	36.924	45.311
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.391	36.249	44.923
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.278	36.045	45.036
42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	40.078	36.686	43.685
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.976	35.759	44.328
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.940	36.416	43.566
45	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	39.193	34.938	43.705
46	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.065	33.375	45.442
47	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.707	32.908	45.859
48	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.691	33.913	43.938
49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.634	33.730	44.086
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.354	34.625	42.597
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.934	33.332	40.705
52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.462	31.850	39.368
53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	34.721	29.390	40.208
54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	34.371	26.993	45.606
55	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.422	30.763	36.110
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.421	29.349	35.865
57	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	32.027	22.169	44.357
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.593	27.299	36.131
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.204	27.130	35.770
60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.345	25.896	35.393
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.104	27.914	32.368
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.679	24.763	35.999
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.601	26.432	33.091
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	29.550	24.562	35.318
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.175	25.272	33.627
66	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	28.849	22.760	36.115
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28.550	25.789	31.547
68	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.427	24.068	33.572
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.385	24.639	32.552
70	Peru`PER`South America	27.982	25.869	30.315
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.876	22.915	33.972
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.226	23.340	31.797
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.012	21.111	34.026
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.823	23.818	30.011
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.655	23.974	29.501
76	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.851	21.596	31.199
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.069	21.977	28.353
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.746	16.313	32.635
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.322	21.908	26.965
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.181	21.577	27.074
81	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	24.079	16.706	32.826
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.060	19.837	28.734
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.720	21.097	26.941
84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.516	20.685	26.636
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	22.653	19.568	26.456
86	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	22.469	19.856	25.170
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.444	19.779	25.540
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.315	18.881	26.021
89	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.283	19.273	25.578
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.120	19.044	25.581
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.076	19.169	25.095
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.071	18.990	25.403
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.035	19.425	24.755
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.969	15.927	29.116
95	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.725	18.305	25.251
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.582	17.299	27.451
97	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.303	14.382	29.896
98	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.296	17.609	25.892
99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.971	17.608	25.003
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.682	16.573	23.563
101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.522	16.953	24.922
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.492	12.256	27.493
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.384	18.023	23.084
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.012	17.516	22.881
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.676	17.896	21.562
106	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	19.514	11.818	28.269
107	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.080	13.727	24.787
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.050	17.059	21.081
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.753	15.664	22.378
110	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.743	16.464	21.186
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.742	16.117	21.581
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.494	15.417	22.063
113	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	18.469	14.617	23.272
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.417	15.074	22.417
115	Colombia`COL`South America	18.144	16.452	19.857
116	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	17.588	14.216	21.442
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.145	16.172	18.176
118	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	16.976	13.598	19.619
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.717	14.445	19.210
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.908	10.087	22.345
121	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15.437	14.403	16.452
122	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.088	12.741	17.829
123	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.924	14.455	15.362
124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.791	11.729	18.283
125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.666	13.845	15.499
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.248	13.636	14.863
127	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	13.719	9.857	18.107
128	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.499	12.285	14.701
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.179	10.254	16.518
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.939	10.126	17.460
131	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.819	9.342	16.342
132	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.786	12.054	13.538
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.574	11.158	14.085
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.531	9.719	15.733
135	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12.337	8.838	16.422
136	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.305	10.962	13.785
137	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.005	11.050	12.987
138	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.817	10.158	13.432
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.813	10.882	12.826
140	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11.755	9.939	14.031
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.431	9.235	13.701
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.337	10.874	11.806
143	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.142	10.846	11.449
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.123	10.757	11.497
145	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.121	6.883	17.821
146	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	10.986	7.247	16.227
147	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.943	9.830	12.040
148	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.935	9.723	12.309
149	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.824	8.076	13.846
150	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.758	9.683	11.849
151	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10.275	6.536	15.849
152	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.092	9.476	10.870
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.953	7.564	12.431
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.875	9.170	10.524
155	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.768	7.538	12.707
156	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.957	8.560	9.354
157	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.684	8.348	9.026
158	Chile`CHL`South America	8.550	8.237	8.866
159	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.482	7.263	9.880
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.262	7.771	8.769
161	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.167	7.778	8.556
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.014	7.691	8.344
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.866	7.082	8.709
164	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.742	7.241	8.237
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.594	6.971	8.236
166	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.537	6.418	8.830
167	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	7.438	6.405	8.717
168	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.268	6.985	7.564
169	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.248	6.930	7.561
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.794	6.016	7.674
171	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	6.729	3.722	12.203
172	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.518	6.282	6.750
173	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.428	6.261	6.593
174	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.335	1.529	26.442
175	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.214	5.969	6.475
176	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.161	5.090	7.123
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.974	5.275	6.723
178	United States`USA`Northern America	5.766	5.615	5.918
179	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.762	5.392	6.142
180	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.871	4.688	5.055
181	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.725	4.474	4.985
182	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.637	4.466	4.817
183	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.600	4.390	4.807
184	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.599	4.451	4.753
185	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.585	4.389	4.780
186	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.487	4.350	4.621
187	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.378	4.134	4.627
188	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.355	4.228	4.492
189	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.354	4.103	4.607
190	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	4.196	3.082	5.314
191	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.189	3.641	4.799
192	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.049	3.806	4.305
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.965	3.734	4.200
194	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.895	3.704	4.098
195	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.864	3.671	4.065
196	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.611	3.453	3.781
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.493	3.321	3.664
198	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.455	3.062	3.905
199	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.364	3.245	3.485
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.547	2.463	2.633

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan75.761
2Mali67.352
3Bangladesh65.687
4Pakistan65.069
5South Sudan64.207

Lowest

200Japan2.547
199Germany3.364
198Iceland3.455
197Sweden3.493
196France3.611

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.602. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan67.368
LowestAndorra1.529
Middle country: 16.829
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan87.788
LowestJapan2.633
Middle country: 25.049

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
20 · 180rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan28.371 → 29.550+1.178
Lithuania6.790 → 7.742+0.952
Latvia7.348 → 8.262+0.914
Georgia21.342 → 22.120+0.778
Turkmenistan25.378 → 25.851+0.473

Fell most

Comoros51.055 → 48.731−2.324
Bangladesh67.914 → 65.687−2.227
Zimbabwe22.468 → 20.384−2.085
Nepal59.838 → 57.814−2.024
Haiti40.632 → 38.691−1.940

04Caveats

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Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1990). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1990

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