Data for 1997

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1997

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1997
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

1997, 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, 1997 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 65.905; Japan is lowest, at 1.981. The middle country reads 16.987. Against 1996, 200 values changed (23 up, 177 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1997

HighestAfghanistan

65.905

LowestJapan

1.981

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

200countries
3measures per country
1997the 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	65.905	59.493	72.4788
2	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.376	56.796	64.2583
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	59.585	42.937	80.4016
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	58.647	50.511	67.7873
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	56.653	51.213	62.5534
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54.861	48.005	62.6346
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.564	47.719	60.3626
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.681	45.914	58.1906
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	51.244	46.264	56.5291
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	49.787	43.919	56.7295
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49.595	47.027	52.3038
12	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.414	44.538	54.6917
13	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.972	44.526	53.8399
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	47.846	42.098	54.3256
15	India`IND`Southern Asia	47.842	45.095	50.6359
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	47.538	38.336	59.2680
17	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.607	40.918	53.0652
18	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.380	39.324	52.6865
19	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	45.337	39.364	52.4084
20	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.609	41.055	48.3458
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.410	36.317	54.2627
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.162	32.089	60.8469
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.040	37.408	49.1679
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	43.015	36.401	51.7090
25	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	42.800	38.718	46.9787
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	42.789	38.321	47.7404
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	41.934	37.057	47.5589
28	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.638	37.381	46.7107
29	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.038	36.137	44.4030
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.852	35.088	45.5026
31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.626	36.072	43.3748
32	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.260	35.484	43.3022
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.059	34.882	43.8996
34	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.930	34.455	44.1215
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.453	33.967	43.2364
36	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.134	33.835	42.6546
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.034	34.062	42.4881
38	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	37.764	32.423	43.4413
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.522	34.179	41.0079
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.383	29.312	45.6034
41	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.233	33.552	41.3186
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.141	31.548	43.7954
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.179	31.356	41.8540
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.176	31.445	39.0646
45	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	34.417	26.849	43.7985
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34.149	30.640	37.9735
47	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.890	30.600	37.5132
48	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.501	30.317	37.0158
49	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.018	28.053	36.8102
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.742	28.884	34.8748
51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.494	27.749	35.4711
52	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	31.308	25.183	38.8411
53	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.279	26.948	36.4926
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30.869	27.711	34.4071
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	29.818	25.815	34.2584
56	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.349	24.879	34.8407
57	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	29.213	24.102	35.4644
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.006	25.428	33.3853
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.682	24.393	33.2306
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.540	24.158	33.2319
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	28.395	24.415	32.6246
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26.794	23.301	30.6989
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.616	23.011	30.8409
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.559	23.914	29.3029
65	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	26.237	22.532	30.3300
66	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	26.058	21.211	31.8230
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25.018	20.925	29.7940
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.006	22.847	27.1927
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.955	23.187	26.7899
70	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24.828	15.934	36.0504
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.713	21.519	28.3794
72	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.691	22.077	27.5598
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.567	22.565	26.6532
74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	23.661	20.105	27.8240
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.569	20.411	27.2586
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.368	20.764	26.1794
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.309	17.242	29.3147
78	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.275	19.590	27.9949
79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.195	20.701	26.1004
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.031	20.656	25.5780
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.794	20.539	25.1833
82	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	22.162	19.127	25.4434
83	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	21.694	14.055	30.7225
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.148	18.892	23.6468
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.127	18.131	24.6454
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.817	16.133	25.1365
87	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.367	17.395	23.8356
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.065	17.360	22.9652
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.480	16.650	22.2728
90	Peru`PER`South America	19.321	17.856	20.8920
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.215	15.948	22.9957
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.886	16.711	21.2805
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.582	16.630	20.5509
94	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	18.487	16.064	21.2028
95	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	18.239	14.751	22.3724
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.197	15.856	20.8431
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.060	15.502	20.7853
98	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.811	13.010	22.2716
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	17.268	15.332	19.4868
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.137	14.592	20.0312
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	16.837	14.732	19.2336
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.807	15.202	18.5253
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	16.718	14.819	18.8266
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.711	14.171	19.8203
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.525	13.889	19.8509
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.322	14.851	17.9128
107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.311	12.299	24.1492
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.227	13.581	19.5684
109	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	16.157	10.656	22.6737
110	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	15.860	10.747	21.2918
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.508	14.678	16.3758
112	Colombia`COL`South America	14.898	13.495	16.3901
113	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.155	10.437	17.0274
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.923	11.711	16.3095
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	13.919	11.072	17.2914
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.695	8.537	19.3834
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.447	11.600	15.5198
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.303	11.559	15.3234
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.047	11.733	14.4342
120	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.015	10.865	15.4069
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.436	11.076	14.0236
122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.421	9.748	15.5225
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.054	10.163	14.2708
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.618	11.220	12.0263
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.558	11.204	11.9094
126	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.404	7.742	15.1593
127	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.332	10.243	12.5152
128	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11.288	10.700	11.8960
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.033	9.770	12.5139
130	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.967	10.275	11.6831
131	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.446	9.533	11.3953
132	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.311	8.931	11.8911
133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.053	8.874	11.3038
134	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	9.723	7.831	11.9086
135	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9.684	8.982	10.4136
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.637	9.005	10.3000
137	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	9.573	6.393	13.1708
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	9.569	7.164	13.4523
139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.441	7.287	11.6508
140	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.073	8.435	9.7308
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.068	8.192	10.0318
142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.866	7.768	10.0420
143	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.824	7.147	10.2036
144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.442	7.246	9.7594
145	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.360	8.005	8.7130
146	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	8.280	4.922	13.3019
147	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.242	7.414	9.1450
148	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.127	7.777	8.4702
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.074	7.513	8.6451
150	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.891	6.902	9.0065
151	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7.832	7.622	8.0418
152	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7.708	6.173	9.4435
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.688	6.989	8.4346
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	7.450	4.654	11.3886
155	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.333	6.979	7.6909
156	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	7.248	4.402	11.4094
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.157	6.519	7.8439
158	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.060	6.440	7.6615
159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.765	6.484	7.0535
160	Chile`CHL`South America	6.312	6.098	6.5351
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.135	5.638	6.6787
162	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.005	5.709	6.2902
163	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5.953	5.145	6.8749
164	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.778	5.470	6.0744
165	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.770	5.248	6.3379
166	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.624	5.193	6.0709
167	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.091	4.576	5.6376
168	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.950	4.757	5.1521
169	United States`USA`Northern America	4.839	4.713	4.9603
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.649	4.112	5.2399
171	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.394	3.806	5.0038
172	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4.216	1.731	10.3321
173	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.213	3.783	4.7120
174	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.208	4.092	4.3242
175	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.091	3.871	4.3101
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.036	3.854	4.2208
177	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.020	3.822	4.2172
178	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.888	3.780	4.0019
179	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.883	3.769	3.9988
180	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.768	3.568	3.9837
181	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.683	3.555	3.8114
182	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.627	3.351	3.9127
183	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.599	3.469	3.7307
184	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.568	3.386	3.7638
185	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.498	3.325	3.6770
186	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.488	3.291	3.6967
187	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	3.426	2.253	5.0966
188	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.424	3.262	3.5911
189	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.254	3.092	3.4153
190	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.238	3.112	3.3714
191	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.100	2.147	4.0438
192	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.021	2.899	3.1505
193	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.923	2.828	3.0192
194	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.832	2.671	2.9979
195	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.801	2.648	2.9542
196	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.777	2.387	3.1954
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.440	2.307	2.5722
198	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.429	2.114	2.7880
199	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.000	1.845	2.1670
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.981	1.913	2.0487

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan65.905
2Pakistan60.376
3South Sudan59.585
4Guinea-Bissau58.647
5Mali56.653

Lowest

200Japan1.981
199Singapore2.000
198Iceland2.429
197Sweden2.440
196Luxembourg2.777

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.987. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan59.493
LowestAndorra1.731
Middle country: 14.742
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan80.4016
LowestJapan2.0487
Middle country: 20.6681

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
23 · 177rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe21.911 → 23.195+1.284
Eswatini21.623 → 22.162+0.539
Niue15.629 → 16.157+0.528
Marshall Islands17.740 → 18.239+0.499
Republic of the Congo30.891 → 31.279+0.388

Fell most

Maldives30.952 → 28.682−2.271
Bangladesh51.763 → 49.595−2.168
Guinea55.563 → 53.564−1.998
Timor-Leste47.323 → 45.337−1.986
Mozambique53.518 → 51.681−1.837

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1997). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1997

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