Data for 1991

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1991

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1991
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1991, 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, 1991 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 74.244; Japan is lowest, at 2.472. The middle country reads 19.844. Against 1990, 200 values changed (20 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1991

HighestAfghanistan

74.244

LowestJapan

2.472

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

200countries
3measures per country
1991the 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	74.244	66.262	83.2122
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.785	59.341	72.9095
3	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	64.752	60.770	69.2018
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	63.675	43.713	85.9966
5	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	63.402	59.915	67.0215
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.301	54.404	73.8893
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.376	53.553	67.9389
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.242	51.335	70.0320
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.346	52.315	67.3361
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	58.564	52.790	64.7068
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.300	49.272	67.5231
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.783	51.304	60.7664
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.632	52.531	58.9079
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	54.362	47.595	61.8735
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.798	45.268	59.5845
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	50.627	44.464	57.4817
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.178	43.256	58.7509
18	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.639	44.603	55.0430
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49.616	38.606	63.9796
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.660	40.560	56.9982
21	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	48.613	43.648	53.9756
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	48.175	37.160	63.2331
23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	47.529	38.786	57.4871
24	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.061	42.334	52.2336
25	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.591	38.311	55.1368
26	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45.892	40.256	52.4619
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.744	39.445	53.9432
28	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.712	37.180	59.6440
29	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.540	39.155	50.2968
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	43.721	39.435	48.3896
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.428	38.522	48.9514
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.135	38.517	48.6829
33	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.850	39.053	46.9425
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.177	38.149	46.5475
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.936	37.363	46.9454
36	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	41.626	31.496	55.5203
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.271	28.707	60.9048
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.228	37.638	45.1003
39	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.159	34.904	48.0872
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.164	36.043	44.6582
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	39.890	35.743	44.4599
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.843	36.356	43.4699
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.246	35.083	43.4358
44	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.007	33.257	45.3017
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.948	35.641	42.4964
46	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.653	34.014	43.8854
47	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.163	32.571	45.1016
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.999	33.929	42.3900
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.717	34.079	41.9396
50	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.080	32.589	41.9813
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.085	32.606	39.7572
52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.946	31.307	38.7812
53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	33.690	28.465	39.0852
54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	33.459	26.669	43.8146
55	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.989	29.393	34.6810
56	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31.976	27.821	36.4090
57	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	31.092	22.473	41.8141
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.087	27.222	35.4630
59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	31.036	25.954	37.0930
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.765	27.782	34.0946
61	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.299	25.985	35.1696
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.502	27.374	31.6818
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.372	26.584	32.4626
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.342	24.551	35.2339
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.141	25.316	33.5808
66	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	28.692	22.967	35.2297
67	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.638	24.369	33.6864
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.164	24.472	32.3550
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.695	25.088	30.5957
70	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.517	22.734	33.2982
71	Peru`PER`South America	26.933	24.886	29.1359
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	26.722	20.854	33.3453
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.624	22.786	31.1887
74	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.531	22.203	31.9362
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.404	23.667	29.2818
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.244	23.282	29.3623
77	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.363	20.215	29.0046
78	Brazil`BRA`South America	24.103	21.137	27.3043
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.006	16.451	30.8818
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.939	21.219	27.0356
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.747	21.389	26.2760
82	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	23.728	16.232	32.5229
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.071	20.517	26.2941
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.856	19.739	26.3113
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	22.646	19.956	25.6564
86	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.525	19.524	25.8803
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	22.252	19.194	25.9511
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.917	19.523	24.3967
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.751	19.175	24.7117
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.669	18.321	25.2860
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.651	14.517	30.6284
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.597	18.547	24.9600
93	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.447	18.227	24.9559
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.396	18.906	24.1025
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.243	18.435	24.1623
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.924	17.637	24.7616
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.764	15.296	27.1422
98	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20.680	17.133	25.1120
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.095	16.675	24.3442
100	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.085	12.540	26.4995
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.604	15.539	25.0572
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.552	15.423	22.4798
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.022	17.289	20.8342
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.946	16.582	21.6885
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	18.896	15.607	22.7933
106	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18.724	13.358	24.3812
107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	18.720	11.980	26.9116
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18.694	16.518	21.0657
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.643	16.012	21.4378
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.516	16.623	20.4877
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.461	16.224	20.8754
112	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.169	15.006	22.0427
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.022	15.005	21.4343
114	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	17.994	14.347	22.4875
115	Colombia`COL`South America	17.670	16.051	19.3275
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.330	15.418	17.2940
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	16.172	13.058	19.6971
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.133	13.923	18.5168
119	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15.789	13.047	18.0948
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.415	9.677	21.7719
121	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.749	13.661	15.8097
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.679	14.228	15.1190
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.437	11.558	17.6517
124	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.347	12.246	16.8622
125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.030	13.283	14.8042
126	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	13.909	9.882	18.4268
127	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13.695	13.173	14.2222
128	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.636	12.895	14.4105
129	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.800	9.227	16.4276
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.637	9.976	15.6530
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.583	11.351	13.8210
132	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.457	9.872	16.4756
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.419	11.016	13.9220
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.368	9.523	15.5722
135	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	11.776	8.346	15.7262
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	11.752	9.910	13.9967
137	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.682	10.483	12.8329
138	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	11.563	10.620	12.5211
139	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.527	10.220	12.9129
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.118	10.183	12.0979
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11.026	10.531	11.5240
142	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.821	10.534	11.1079
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.756	8.274	13.5034
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.716	8.862	12.5678
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.631	10.257	11.0016
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.570	9.489	11.6730
147	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	10.517	6.825	15.6880
148	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	10.505	6.467	16.8689
149	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.496	9.339	11.8208
150	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.354	9.225	11.4588
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.818	7.595	12.1592
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.736	9.030	10.4071
153	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	9.723	6.153	15.0292
154	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.550	8.971	10.2454
155	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.437	8.897	9.9794
156	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.398	8.906	9.8932
157	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.372	7.319	12.0263
158	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.954	7.700	10.3492
159	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.827	8.465	9.2024
160	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.439	8.116	8.7605
161	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.361	8.031	8.6960
162	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.053	7.665	8.4248
163	Chile`CHL`South America	7.985	7.707	8.2718
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.592	6.883	8.3337
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.347	6.747	7.9684
166	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.256	6.195	8.4762
167	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6.827	5.901	8.0008
168	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.807	6.546	7.0786
169	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.598	6.310	6.8760
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.570	5.823	7.4143
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.176	5.945	6.3959
172	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.108	5.069	7.0609
173	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	6.104	3.572	10.6221
174	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.066	5.900	6.2335
175	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5.995	1.564	22.6991
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.909	5.282	6.5709
177	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.828	5.590	6.0923
178	United States`USA`Northern America	5.582	5.436	5.7272
179	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.351	5.000	5.7158
180	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.662	4.492	4.8393
181	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.627	4.386	4.8848
182	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.524	4.384	4.6737
183	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.437	4.275	4.6029
184	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.416	4.284	4.5435
185	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.378	4.189	4.5660
186	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.367	4.170	4.5663
187	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.253	4.125	4.3827
188	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.214	3.981	4.4603
189	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.210	3.974	4.4554
190	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	4.014	2.922	5.0823
191	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.941	3.403	4.5138
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.801	3.590	4.0193
193	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.765	3.582	3.9547
194	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.732	3.550	3.9211
195	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.559	3.338	3.7804
196	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.452	3.333	3.5705
197	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.396	3.244	3.5607
198	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.353	3.198	3.5143
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.303	2.923	3.7412
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.472	2.392	2.5532

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan74.244
2Mali65.785
3Pakistan64.752
4South Sudan63.675
5Bangladesh63.402

Lowest

200Japan2.472
199Iceland3.303
198Sweden3.353
197France3.396
196Germany3.452

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 19.844. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan66.262
LowestAndorra1.564
Middle country: 16.341
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan85.9966
LowestJapan2.5532
Middle country: 24.3627

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

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

Rose most

Somalia45.487 → 48.175+2.688
Lithuania7.742 → 9.398+1.655
Azerbaijan29.550 → 31.036+1.486
Rwanda40.992 → 42.177+1.184
Latvia8.262 → 9.437+1.175

Fell most

Bangladesh65.687 → 63.402−2.285
Comoros48.731 → 46.591−2.140
Nepal57.814 → 55.783−2.031
Botswana21.582 → 19.604−1.978
Kosovo43.446 → 41.626−1.820

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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 1991.
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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1991). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1991

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