Data for 1994

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1994

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1994
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1994, 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, 1994 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 69.811; Japan is lowest, at 2.250. The middle country reads 18.716. Against 1993, 200 values changed (20 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1994

HighestAfghanistan

69.811

LowestJapan

2.250

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

200countries
3measures per country
1994the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	69.811	62.69841	77.392
2	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	63.202	59.38278	67.387
3	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	61.692	55.81296	68.050
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.363	52.83642	71.312
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	61.186	43.16787	81.898
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.001	51.36496	65.315
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	57.714	49.94741	66.540
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	56.367	49.93187	63.633
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.310	53.25791	59.528
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	54.989	49.43864	60.609
11	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.663	48.81608	54.698
12	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	51.407	44.31795	60.093
13	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.287	46.58635	56.700
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	51.143	44.80418	58.049
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.138	44.98308	58.321
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	49.987	46.00399	54.230
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.757	44.90676	54.925
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.706	39.05972	60.953
19	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48.430	42.69311	54.927
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	47.958	41.48932	55.810
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	46.139	38.33596	55.665
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.976	39.80573	52.557
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.298	40.64765	50.440
24	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.295	40.85105	49.956
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.221	37.59489	56.601
26	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.426	32.43389	60.769
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.243	38.13569	48.826
28	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.123	37.72616	49.891
29	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.553	38.03309	47.624
30	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.132	37.12652	47.734
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.680	37.61447	46.132
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	41.231	36.91948	46.389
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.116	33.32251	49.113
34	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.779	36.95296	44.759
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.384	35.83449	45.347
36	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.938	36.46707	43.661
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.558	35.45627	43.940
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.429	36.02864	43.022
39	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.906	34.77186	43.517
40	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	38.590	32.91652	44.722
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.254	34.19031	42.800
42	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	37.887	28.04233	52.361
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.204	33.31396	41.156
44	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.971	31.76403	43.253
45	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	36.001	28.44054	45.515
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.766	32.36531	39.650
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	35.540	30.14742	42.030
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.509	32.44460	38.855
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.428	31.66705	39.500
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.359	30.25178	41.080
51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.937	30.37237	37.555
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.793	29.67785	38.263
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33.497	30.22880	37.066
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.315	28.39176	36.804
55	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.261	27.02014	35.944
56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	31.243	25.56843	38.796
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.375	26.18206	35.044
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.297	26.64240	34.734
59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.891	25.63008	34.890
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.798	24.40771	33.370
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	28.782	25.06125	33.027
62	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.538	24.10333	33.878
63	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	28.413	22.48257	35.626
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	28.181	25.70208	30.632
65	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	27.834	23.34765	32.815
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.687	25.50068	30.091
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.556	23.74166	31.939
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.463	25.60020	29.458
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.320	23.58356	29.121
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	25.930	21.94367	30.910
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25.592	21.10850	30.929
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.417	22.84732	28.255
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.255	22.76751	27.872
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.231	22.48272	28.180
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.043	18.90278	31.267
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.418	20.77609	28.631
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.101	20.82565	27.767
78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.825	20.57312	27.439
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.654	20.85037	26.744
80	Peru`PER`South America	23.299	21.52544	25.174
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.760	20.55059	25.049
82	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	22.739	15.21410	31.820
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.243	16.33065	27.710
84	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.869	14.24236	31.499
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.723	19.03098	24.683
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	21.666	18.15146	25.773
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.095	17.96060	24.665
88	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.843	17.81604	24.216
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.773	18.36272	23.581
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	20.578	17.87357	23.824
91	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	20.405	18.26618	22.606
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.319	17.98086	22.881
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.275	17.22886	23.767
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	19.700	17.24089	22.330
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.652	16.68892	22.980
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.494	17.22560	22.065
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19.425	17.22246	21.957
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.888	15.92362	21.860
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.886	13.41193	24.159
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.727	15.55478	22.644
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18.705	16.64016	20.905
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.553	15.51451	22.520
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	17.837	15.64671	20.269
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.510	15.96184	19.121
105	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17.485	12.12788	23.057
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.438	14.58721	20.879
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.332	15.62523	19.130
108	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	17.263	13.92890	21.080
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	17.229	12.25910	24.599
110	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.058	13.01924	21.665
111	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.561	12.56492	19.475
112	Colombia`COL`South America	16.314	14.86269	17.954
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	16.168	13.87863	18.607
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.314	12.84967	18.136
115	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	14.764	10.15161	20.056
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.578	12.57938	16.721
117	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.523	13.80899	15.294
118	Panama`PAN`Central America	14.435	9.05401	20.351
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.229	13.80898	14.641
120	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.060	11.00268	17.436
121	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.752	13.09489	14.417
122	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.480	12.65354	14.310
123	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.381	11.68355	15.408
124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.351	10.86195	15.980
125	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13.234	11.71253	14.622
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.948	12.48121	13.413
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.624	11.26369	14.062
128	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.454	8.75272	16.301
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.290	9.74602	15.181
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.117	10.18092	14.478
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11.911	9.43776	14.559
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11.528	10.84660	12.229
133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.267	9.27564	13.530
134	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	11.135	10.14055	12.152
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.993	8.82141	13.663
136	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.968	10.21643	11.726
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.740	8.80758	12.859
138	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	10.511	9.46515	11.617
139	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	10.478	7.16505	14.103
140	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.471	9.59994	11.417
141	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.347	9.05100	11.768
142	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.128	9.85720	10.408
143	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.077	8.98555	11.231
144	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.735	8.85119	10.685
145	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.647	7.84555	11.633
146	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	9.644	8.96515	10.335
147	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	9.429	8.36099	10.621
148	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.360	7.67791	10.870
149	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	9.338	5.77245	14.381
150	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.296	8.77208	9.840
151	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9.164	8.03360	10.382
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.099	8.47216	9.782
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.911	7.90499	9.945
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	8.824	5.43390	13.974
155	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.723	8.37562	9.072
156	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.623	8.28212	8.976
157	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.343	6.64069	10.363
158	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	8.340	5.20728	12.916
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.310	7.92069	8.707
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.082	7.77390	8.402
161	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.549	7.24186	7.865
162	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.879	6.56222	7.203
163	Chile`CHL`South America	6.741	6.51799	6.976
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.651	6.09144	7.253
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.596	6.02928	7.191
166	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.522	5.60145	7.594
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.004	5.32493	6.773
168	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.711	5.49397	5.928
169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.563	5.02445	6.144
170	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.327	4.64787	6.146
171	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.320	4.51845	6.091
172	United States`USA`Northern America	5.097	4.96573	5.227
173	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.072	4.84590	5.305
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.070	4.84766	5.304
175	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5.038	1.66702	15.062
176	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.952	4.81417	5.091
177	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.760	4.54865	4.975
178	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.587	2.94970	7.126
179	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.273	3.94625	4.600
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.250	4.00145	4.500
181	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.216	4.09355	4.340
182	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.096	3.97429	4.215
183	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.994	3.86328	4.131
184	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.927	3.69640	4.163
185	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.902	3.70194	4.121
186	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.878	3.73261	4.022
187	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.842	3.69199	3.996
188	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.743	3.57468	3.913
189	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.644	3.42559	3.860
190	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.516	2.50300	4.519
191	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.488	3.32058	3.656
192	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.253	2.78413	3.729
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.238	3.05265	3.435
194	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.222	3.06006	3.390
195	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.195	3.08458	3.302
196	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.085	2.95175	3.219
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.889	2.75533	3.029
198	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.856	2.50023	3.246
199	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.454	2.26993	2.638
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.250	2.17305	2.324

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan69.811
2Pakistan63.202
3Mali61.692
4Guinea-Bissau61.363
5South Sudan61.186

Lowest

200Japan2.250
199Singapore2.454
198Iceland2.856
197Sweden2.889
196France3.085

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 18.716. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan62.69841
LowestAndorra1.66702
Middle country: 15.59001
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan81.898
LowestJapan2.324
Middle country: 22.198

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

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

Rose most

Rwanda46.466 → 51.287+4.821
Azerbaijan34.257 → 35.540+1.283
Moldova20.687 → 21.666+0.979
Zimbabwe17.738 → 18.705+0.967
Turkmenistan27.975 → 28.538+0.562

Fell most

Somalia47.725 → 44.426−3.299
Bangladesh58.705 → 56.310−2.395
South Sudan63.514 → 61.186−2.328
Maldives37.416 → 35.359−2.056
Timor-Leste53.422 → 51.407−2.016

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1994). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1994

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