Data for 2003

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2003

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2003
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

2003, 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, 2003 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 58.239; Singapore is lowest, at 1.339. The middle country reads 14.017. Against 2002, 200 values changed (23 up, 177 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 2003

HighestAfghanistan

58.239

LowestSingapore

1.339

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

200countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.239	53.136	64.012
2	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.194	50.937	57.608
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	52.586	44.787	61.038
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	51.558	38.395	69.569
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.931	42.242	51.842
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	45.891	40.786	51.981
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.699	32.982	63.738
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45.112	40.960	49.572
9	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.083	35.219	55.969
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	43.365	38.143	49.121
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.059	38.102	46.253
12	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.346	36.651	46.524
13	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	41.016	32.700	50.770
14	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.905	35.349	46.828
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	40.831	34.657	47.602
16	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.831	37.356	42.296
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.781	34.432	45.446
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.228	34.950	43.826
19	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.317	34.638	42.153
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.127	33.001	43.495
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.848	35.970	39.702
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.652	32.893	43.031
23	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	37.399	33.296	41.708
24	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	36.037	32.122	40.107
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.871	29.612	43.064
26	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.322	32.459	38.376
27	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.979	31.092	39.133
28	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.795	31.289	38.465
29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.687	29.372	40.240
30	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	34.416	29.708	39.817
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.339	30.157	38.791
32	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.075	30.263	38.307
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.070	29.592	38.841
34	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	34.053	31.020	37.333
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	33.626	29.679	37.784
36	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.416	30.225	36.909
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.079	30.195	36.104
38	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.910	25.392	41.041
39	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.164	28.417	36.600
40	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.048	27.884	36.890
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.970	28.612	35.360
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	30.216	25.168	35.750
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	29.798	26.215	33.769
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	29.670	26.456	33.159
45	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.604	26.897	32.710
46	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.396	26.337	32.635
47	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	29.014	25.444	32.911
48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.852	24.813	33.594
49	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.826	26.016	31.896
50	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.349	24.424	32.884
51	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	27.838	22.522	34.138
52	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	27.807	22.107	35.583
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.366	23.166	32.309
54	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.931	23.588	30.693
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.113	23.149	29.727
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.700	22.155	29.756
57	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.462	22.968	28.134
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25.312	21.453	30.080
59	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.088	19.711	30.959
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	24.827	21.249	28.810
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.634	22.340	27.115
62	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	23.990	20.665	27.751
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	23.681	21.094	26.622
64	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	23.142	18.801	28.274
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.900	20.423	25.674
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.857	20.672	25.235
67	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	22.792	18.997	27.578
68	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	22.351	19.049	25.987
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.747	18.945	25.023
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	21.534	19.012	24.301
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.395	19.457	23.484
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.122	19.251	23.074
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.497	16.050	25.244
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.476	18.861	22.060
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19.577	16.991	22.524
76	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	19.438	11.871	29.444
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.369	17.202	21.654
78	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	19.266	16.698	21.727
79	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	19.044	11.401	29.731
80	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	19.018	15.210	23.553
81	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.017	15.884	22.911
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.627	11.367	27.193
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.461	16.203	21.433
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.481	13.895	21.524
85	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.010	13.292	21.775
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.849	15.549	18.313
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.692	12.745	22.100
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.352	14.429	18.374
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.197	14.342	18.200
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	16.010	14.389	17.846
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.857	14.292	17.577
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15.810	12.713	19.922
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.449	13.569	17.414
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.405	13.180	18.067
95	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.241	13.057	17.504
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.938	12.592	17.716
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.536	12.852	16.392
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.403	12.709	16.347
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.305	12.935	15.865
100	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.060	12.793	15.412
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.975	10.503	18.073
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.820	11.777	16.026
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.667	12.274	15.187
104	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.650	11.319	16.243
105	Peru`PER`South America	13.577	12.487	14.685
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.517	10.993	16.016
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	13.415	11.537	15.542
108	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12.784	8.152	17.830
109	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12.599	10.346	15.540
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12.537	11.507	13.583
111	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	12.394	10.453	14.863
112	Colombia`COL`South America	12.335	11.022	13.821
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.173	10.321	14.320
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.105	10.578	13.885
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.704	6.516	15.475
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.290	9.725	13.119
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.206	9.479	12.978
118	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.113	6.866	15.975
119	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.988	10.122	12.003
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.982	9.830	12.147
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.911	9.899	11.982
122	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.527	7.168	13.134
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.385	9.085	11.866
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	10.203	9.912	10.493
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10.186	8.268	12.396
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.148	9.486	10.832
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9.876	9.391	10.358
128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.572	7.624	12.093
129	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.406	8.566	10.307
130	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	9.396	8.547	10.238
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9.344	7.555	10.815
132	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	8.852	5.715	12.178
133	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.729	7.678	9.888
134	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.644	8.340	8.949
135	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8.612	5.470	12.336
136	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.518	7.963	9.081
137	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.425	7.643	9.279
138	Uruguay`URY`South America	8.030	7.507	8.569
139	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.950	7.198	8.724
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	7.881	6.900	8.994
141	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.872	6.186	9.649
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7.384	6.614	8.183
143	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.191	6.895	7.497
144	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.817	6.503	7.132
145	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	6.649	3.444	12.349
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.642	5.142	8.272
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.593	5.306	8.022
148	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6.520	6.013	7.046
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	6.075	5.756	6.386
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.919	5.311	6.554
151	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	5.831	5.390	6.271
152	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5.728	3.282	9.333
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.598	5.321	5.886
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.567	5.108	6.057
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5.326	3.397	7.484
156	Chile`CHL`South America	5.276	5.087	5.465
157	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.100	4.621	5.637
158	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.007	4.860	5.156
159	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.770	4.507	5.053
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.767	4.551	4.992
161	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.682	4.201	5.185
162	United States`USA`Northern America	4.608	4.499	4.719
163	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.345	3.860	4.899
164	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.338	3.986	4.725
165	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.310	4.069	4.558
166	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.020	3.629	4.409
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4.008	3.623	4.412
168	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.939	3.833	4.049
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.701	3.270	4.182
170	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.633	3.519	3.750
171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.578	2.779	4.436
172	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.567	3.469	3.668
173	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.511	3.314	3.714
174	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.387	3.269	3.507
175	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.383	3.192	3.583
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.367	3.213	3.525
177	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.188	3.012	3.374
178	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.127	2.989	3.273
179	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.001	2.614	3.407
180	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.984	2.834	3.141
181	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.970	2.836	3.111
182	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.942	2.853	3.029
183	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.931	1.447	5.665
184	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.818	2.615	3.024
185	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.814	2.667	2.969
186	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.764	2.557	2.998
187	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.740	2.616	2.868
188	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.678	2.598	2.760
189	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.628	2.533	2.732
190	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.614	2.518	2.715
191	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.542	1.669	3.403
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.434	2.285	2.591
193	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.356	2.213	2.506
194	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.217	2.083	2.353
195	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.133	2.018	2.253
196	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.987	1.655	2.314
197	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.916	1.111	2.924
198	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.713	1.470	1.998
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.595	1.541	1.652
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.339	1.215	1.473

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan58.239
2Pakistan54.194
3Guinea-Bissau52.586
4South Sudan51.558
5Mali46.931

Lowest

200Singapore1.339
199Japan1.595
198Iceland1.713
197San Marino1.916
196Luxembourg1.987

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.017. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan53.136
LowestSan Marino1.111
Middle country: 11.824
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan69.569
LowestSingapore1.473
Middle country: 16.295

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

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

Rose most

Botswana11.795 → 13.975+2.180
Dominica13.502 → 14.060+0.559
Fiji10.487 → 10.982+0.495
Zimbabwe23.198 → 23.681+0.483
Niue18.589 → 19.044+0.455

Fell most

North Korea23.157 → 18.627−4.530
Rwanda37.434 → 34.795−2.639
Liberia45.498 → 43.365−2.133
Maldives17.361 → 15.241−2.119
Mozambique39.494 → 37.399−2.095

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 2003.
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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2003). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/2003

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