Data for 1996

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1996

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1996
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1996, 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, 1996 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 67.1214; Japan is lowest, at 2.0710. The middle country reads 17.6785. Against 1995, 200 values changed (21 up, 179 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1996

HighestAfghanistan

67.1214

LowestJapan

2.0710

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

200countries
3measures per country
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	67.1214	60.500	73.915
2	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	61.4082	57.746	65.407
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	60.4286	43.711	80.957
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	59.6218	51.451	69.130
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	58.3669	52.708	64.540
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	56.1182	48.879	64.246
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	55.5626	49.385	62.680
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	53.5180	47.515	60.329
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	52.4656	47.346	57.742
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	51.7628	49.067	54.552
11	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	50.3283	44.451	57.141
12	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.9412	45.101	55.426
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.3984	44.880	54.444
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.1170	46.385	51.987
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	48.9342	43.036	55.593
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.0393	38.658	59.473
17	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.3229	41.155	54.630
18	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.3096	41.635	53.720
19	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.3645	42.649	50.228
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.2882	40.068	53.823
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	45.0023	37.091	54.779
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.2265	32.218	60.937
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	44.0982	37.248	53.678
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.0473	38.416	50.179
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.6783	39.157	48.555
26	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	43.6681	39.436	48.042
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.3751	37.445	47.888
28	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.1166	37.764	47.175
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40.9013	35.929	46.971
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.5886	36.637	44.974
31	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	39.9465	35.244	45.312
32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.9163	36.405	43.629
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.8582	35.640	44.729
34	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.8002	36.005	43.807
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.1381	34.614	43.921
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.7390	34.718	43.105
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.5374	30.528	46.601
38	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	38.5332	33.025	44.400
39	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.4751	34.328	42.940
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.2145	34.882	41.745
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.6320	33.849	41.742
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.0310	31.334	43.850
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.7584	31.828	42.639
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.8710	32.109	39.818
45	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.6454	27.235	46.263
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34.5658	30.884	38.490
47	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.2815	31.085	37.947
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.8539	30.493	37.459
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.0464	30.141	36.247
50	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	32.7760	26.343	40.738
51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	32.2319	28.365	36.402
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.0941	28.134	36.844
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.7317	28.554	35.255
54	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30.9524	26.418	35.916
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.8912	26.590	35.971
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.1064	26.058	34.568
57	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	29.8954	24.610	36.572
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.5027	25.893	33.967
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.3761	25.289	33.917
60	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.1687	24.766	34.500
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.7400	24.072	33.550
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	27.6826	24.157	31.681
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.1661	23.455	31.612
64	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	26.8224	22.939	31.148
65	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	26.8019	21.625	32.943
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.4724	23.887	29.192
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.9315	23.704	28.179
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.8314	24.041	27.719
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.6840	23.628	27.831
70	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25.2185	16.270	36.434
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.8969	20.699	29.776
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.8815	22.241	27.811
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.7947	21.130	29.339
74	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.7383	21.501	28.318
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.7968	17.611	29.913
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.7506	21.373	26.299
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.6981	20.526	27.346
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.4817	20.801	26.453
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.0877	19.450	27.429
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.7156	20.456	25.061
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.3620	20.116	24.906
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.3313	19.129	26.102
83	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	22.1039	14.435	31.151
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	21.9105	19.607	24.506
85	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.6230	18.612	24.918
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.3013	16.197	25.873
87	Peru`PER`South America	20.6169	19.062	22.273
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.5847	17.869	23.541
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.5217	17.538	23.921
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.5872	16.363	23.228
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.3615	16.406	22.284
92	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.3227	16.747	22.203
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.2060	17.222	21.236
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	19.1486	16.915	21.604
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.1161	16.622	21.854
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.9368	16.593	21.508
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.2386	13.324	22.964
98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.1340	15.404	21.209
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.0223	15.950	20.328
100	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	17.7399	14.367	21.792
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.6170	15.627	19.832
102	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	17.2462	15.100	19.647
103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.2304	14.411	20.750
104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17.1173	14.355	20.623
105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.9471	14.301	20.125
106	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.9068	15.263	18.620
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.6901	15.184	18.260
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.6079	12.310	24.267
109	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	16.4180	11.243	21.921
110	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	15.6286	10.472	21.642
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.4931	14.708	16.349
112	Colombia`COL`South America	15.3720	13.946	16.919
113	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.9147	11.130	17.804
114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	14.8845	11.664	18.569
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.6062	12.382	17.017
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.9995	11.933	16.343
117	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.9373	8.708	19.738
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.7173	11.900	15.762
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.0830	10.792	15.536
120	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.9353	11.620	14.358
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.7848	11.312	14.525
122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.4138	9.816	15.335
123	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.3775	12.007	12.736
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.2845	11.877	12.687
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.1992	10.266	14.502
126	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.9294	11.315	12.554
127	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.8434	8.173	15.640
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11.6635	10.962	12.387
129	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.0009	9.935	12.149
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.9203	9.642	12.367
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10.8410	10.002	11.728
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10.7483	8.248	14.158
133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.5791	8.983	12.388
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10.5267	9.880	11.194
135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.3492	8.929	11.883
136	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.3142	9.418	11.253
137	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.1523	7.872	12.448
138	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.1277	8.163	12.381
139	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	9.8123	6.618	13.449
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.6413	8.967	10.326
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.2304	8.347	10.214
142	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.0666	7.666	10.641
143	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.0004	7.242	10.483
144	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.9993	7.896	10.187
145	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.8266	8.594	9.080
146	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.7293	7.818	9.726
147	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	8.6001	5.175	13.595
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.5928	7.964	9.236
149	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.3828	8.036	8.735
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.3599	8.006	8.717
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	8.3223	7.569	9.126
152	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.1366	7.131	9.269
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	8.0572	7.323	8.842
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	7.8938	4.891	12.204
155	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7.8789	6.301	9.716
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.7811	7.158	8.407
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.6405	7.280	8.001
158	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	7.5807	4.655	11.844
159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.1028	6.825	7.390
160	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.5789	6.287	6.860
161	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.4597	6.022	6.916
162	Chile`CHL`South America	6.3973	6.175	6.619
163	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.1878	5.651	6.740
164	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.1586	5.305	7.137
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.0406	5.507	6.621
166	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.9989	5.678	6.305
167	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.2575	5.063	5.462
168	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.2231	4.700	5.790
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.0774	4.495	5.734
170	United States`USA`Northern America	4.9254	4.799	5.049
171	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.6892	4.032	5.352
172	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.5464	4.039	5.139
173	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4.4730	1.708	11.767
174	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.4647	4.339	4.589
175	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.3206	4.108	4.526
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.2406	4.047	4.432
177	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.1118	3.882	4.342
178	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.0250	3.830	4.239
179	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.9707	3.855	4.087
180	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.9698	3.861	4.084
181	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.8184	3.618	4.025
182	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.7975	3.509	4.092
183	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	3.7755	2.494	5.672
184	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.6817	3.550	3.814
185	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.6560	3.452	3.865
186	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.6555	3.525	3.791
187	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.4758	3.277	3.681
188	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.4328	3.302	3.567
189	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.4199	3.254	3.590
190	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.3795	3.219	3.543
191	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.2306	2.252	4.200
192	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.0761	2.952	3.209
193	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.9942	2.897	3.092
194	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.9223	2.501	3.351
195	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.9214	2.754	3.096
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.9194	2.765	3.078
197	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.5669	2.236	2.943
198	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.5647	2.430	2.703
199	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.1135	1.952	2.276
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.0710	1.999	2.141

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan67.1214
2Pakistan61.4082
3South Sudan60.4286
4Guinea-Bissau59.6218
5Mali58.3669

Lowest

200Japan2.0710
199Singapore2.1135
198Sweden2.5647
197Iceland2.5669
196Finland2.9194

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.6785. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan60.500
LowestAndorra1.708
Middle country: 15.142
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan80.957
LowestJapan2.141
Middle country: 21.372

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
21 · 179rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe20.2567 → 21.9105+1.6538
Azerbaijan36.4419 → 37.0310+0.5891
Moldova22.5115 → 23.0877+0.5762
Republic of the Congo30.4124 → 30.8912+0.4788
Niue15.1622 → 15.6286+0.4665

Fell most

Maldives33.1886 → 30.9524−2.2361
Bangladesh53.9913 → 51.7628−2.2285
Timor-Leste49.3865 → 47.3229−2.0636
Nepal48.1647 → 46.3645−1.8002
Mali60.0742 → 58.3669−1.7073

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1996). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1996

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