Data for 2006
Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2006
2006, 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, 2006 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 53.927; Singapore is lowest, at 1.231. The middle country reads 12.911. Against 2005, 200 values changed (17 up, 183 down), the same countries are covered.
Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 2006
HighestAfghanistan
53.927LowestSingapore
1.231Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2006, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 200 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFGSouthern Asia | 53.927 | 49.2824 | 59.0895 |
| 2 | PAKSouthern Asia | 52.005 | 48.6333 | 55.4436 |
| 3 | GNBWestern Africa | 50.069 | 42.4767 | 59.1367 |
| 4 | SSDEastern Africa | 47.726 | 34.4925 | 65.6231 |
| 5 | SOMEastern Africa | 45.749 | 31.3736 | 67.5271 |
| 6 | SLEWestern Africa | 43.563 | 38.7027 | 49.1755 |
| 7 | MLIWestern Africa | 43.306 | 38.8052 | 48.0654 |
| 8 | ETHEastern Africa | 42.159 | 38.3969 | 46.3770 |
| 9 | GNQMiddle Africa | 40.384 | 31.2402 | 51.5965 |
| 10 | DJIEastern Africa | 39.374 | 31.1634 | 49.9049 |
| 11 | NGAWestern Africa | 39.311 | 35.5952 | 43.2501 |
| 12 | TCDMiddle Africa | 38.938 | 33.2823 | 44.9696 |
| 13 | CAFMiddle Africa | 38.685 | 32.5870 | 45.4230 |
| 14 | LSOSouthern Africa | 38.642 | 34.7863 | 42.8507 |
| 15 | LBRWestern Africa | 38.540 | 33.8287 | 43.6847 |
| 16 | GINWestern Africa | 38.341 | 33.6521 | 43.4094 |
| 17 | CIVWestern Africa | 37.683 | 33.5597 | 42.1067 |
| 18 | NERWestern Africa | 36.646 | 31.7827 | 41.8838 |
| 19 | INDSouthern Asia | 36.220 | 33.9320 | 38.5920 |
| 20 | GMBWestern Africa | 35.937 | 31.3048 | 41.3355 |
| 21 | BENWestern Africa | 34.651 | 30.8628 | 38.6848 |
| 22 | BFAWestern Africa | 34.271 | 29.6240 | 39.5059 |
| 23 | BGDSouthern Asia | 33.534 | 31.8562 | 35.1977 |
| 24 | CMRMiddle Africa | 32.896 | 29.0763 | 37.1625 |
| 25 | MOZEastern Africa | 32.631 | 28.9332 | 36.4594 |
| 26 | SDNNorthern Africa | 32.566 | 28.5595 | 37.0898 |
| 27 | TGOWestern Africa | 31.954 | 28.3034 | 35.9589 |
| 28 | BDIEastern Africa | 31.920 | 27.3598 | 37.0797 |
| 29 | NPLSouthern Asia | 31.754 | 29.1109 | 34.5245 |
| 30 | GHAWestern Africa | 31.617 | 28.9300 | 34.5303 |
| 31 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 31.531 | 27.0846 | 36.2604 |
| 32 | AGOMiddle Africa | 31.431 | 25.5740 | 38.0082 |
| 33 | MRTWestern Africa | 31.374 | 27.6459 | 35.4457 |
| 34 | COMEastern Africa | 31.178 | 23.8748 | 38.7664 |
| 35 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 30.860 | 25.2477 | 36.6142 |
| 36 | YEMWestern Asia | 30.163 | 27.1003 | 33.5370 |
| 37 | SENWestern Africa | 29.757 | 27.1185 | 32.5889 |
| 38 | HTICaribbean | 28.966 | 25.2942 | 33.0702 |
| 39 | CODMiddle Africa | 28.932 | 25.0337 | 33.4137 |
| 40 | MWIEastern Africa | 28.710 | 25.9630 | 31.5839 |
| 41 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 28.473 | 24.9333 | 32.5961 |
| 42 | RWAEastern Africa | 28.401 | 25.3815 | 31.6387 |
| 43 | PNGMelanesia | 27.939 | 23.7033 | 33.0154 |
| 44 | UGAEastern Africa | 27.716 | 24.7970 | 30.8751 |
| 45 | SWZSouthern Africa | 27.378 | 23.8581 | 31.2598 |
| 46 | MDGEastern Africa | 26.919 | 24.2171 | 29.9113 |
| 47 | TZAEastern Africa | 26.821 | 23.9136 | 29.8100 |
| 48 | GABMiddle Africa | 26.604 | 22.5919 | 31.1682 |
| 49 | ZWEEastern Africa | 26.511 | 23.7230 | 29.5540 |
| 50 | ZMBEastern Africa | 26.405 | 23.9323 | 29.2515 |
| 51 | AZEWestern Asia | 25.818 | 21.1932 | 31.0865 |
| 52 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 25.800 | 22.4799 | 29.7523 |
| 53 | TKMCentral Asia | 25.408 | 19.7071 | 32.4243 |
| 54 | COGMiddle Africa | 24.990 | 21.1505 | 29.2678 |
| 55 | BTNSouthern Asia | 24.569 | 19.5988 | 31.5840 |
| 56 | GUYSouth America | 24.447 | 20.5218 | 29.0783 |
| 57 | KENEastern Africa | 24.325 | 21.8912 | 26.9704 |
| 58 | KIRMicronesia | 23.920 | 17.9904 | 29.7977 |
| 59 | MARNorthern Africa | 23.533 | 20.6913 | 26.7486 |
| 60 | ERIEastern Africa | 23.492 | 19.9490 | 27.6897 |
| 61 | DOMCaribbean | 23.248 | 20.9925 | 25.7746 |
| 62 | BWASouthern Africa | 22.086 | 15.8182 | 30.3857 |
| 63 | UZBCentral Asia | 21.910 | 18.3049 | 26.6003 |
| 64 | TUVPolynesia | 21.740 | 18.3099 | 25.6924 |
| 65 | IRQWestern Asia | 21.739 | 19.2653 | 24.5135 |
| 66 | BOLSouth America | 21.682 | 19.5292 | 24.0807 |
| 67 | NRUMicronesia | 20.678 | 16.9721 | 25.7013 |
| 68 | NAMSouthern Africa | 20.610 | 17.8996 | 23.7186 |
| 69 | TJKCentral Asia | 20.012 | 17.0609 | 23.5071 |
| 70 | NIUPolynesia | 19.851 | 10.8377 | 33.8856 |
| 71 | DZANorthern Africa | 19.699 | 18.0538 | 21.3811 |
| 72 | EGYNorthern Africa | 19.386 | 17.6180 | 21.3025 |
| 73 | KGZCentral Asia | 19.055 | 17.1558 | 20.9192 |
| 74 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 19.032 | 17.5454 | 20.5505 |
| 75 | FSMMicronesia | 19.007 | 10.8386 | 30.4922 |
| 76 | MHLMicronesia | 18.673 | 14.4335 | 23.7690 |
| 77 | STPMiddle Africa | 18.672 | 14.7894 | 23.1026 |
| 78 | KAZCentral Asia | 18.473 | 17.0823 | 19.9315 |
| 79 | XKXSouthern Europe | 18.274 | 14.8565 | 22.3582 |
| 80 | TTOCaribbean | 18.151 | 14.8910 | 22.2437 |
| 81 | GTMCentral America | 17.947 | 15.8306 | 20.2206 |
| 82 | PRKEastern Asia | 17.650 | 10.5167 | 26.1979 |
| 83 | CPVWestern Africa | 16.784 | 15.0383 | 18.7356 |
| 84 | SURSouth America | 16.578 | 12.7006 | 21.7196 |
| 85 | MNGEastern Asia | 16.249 | 14.4009 | 18.2944 |
| 86 | DMACaribbean | 15.965 | 14.5470 | 17.4344 |
| 87 | IRNSouthern Asia | 15.486 | 12.7757 | 18.7577 |
| 88 | PRYSouth America | 15.403 | 10.8409 | 22.3151 |
| 89 | JAMCaribbean | 15.274 | 13.0676 | 17.8449 |
| 90 | HNDCentral America | 15.156 | 13.3651 | 17.1700 |
| 91 | PSEWestern Asia | 14.829 | 13.2007 | 16.7133 |
| 92 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 14.787 | 13.2790 | 16.4252 |
| 93 | NICCentral America | 14.163 | 11.5386 | 17.2126 |
| 94 | GEOWestern Asia | 14.119 | 12.8390 | 15.8610 |
| 95 | VCTCaribbean | 13.783 | 12.3660 | 15.3203 |
| 96 | MDAEastern Europe | 13.454 | 11.2329 | 16.8729 |
| 97 | BRASouth America | 13.200 | 12.0106 | 14.4800 |
| 98 | LCACaribbean | 13.098 | 12.0485 | 14.2201 |
| 99 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 13.058 | 10.5626 | 15.9143 |
| 100 | JORWestern Asia | 13.003 | 11.6904 | 14.5243 |
| 101 | TUNNorthern Africa | 12.819 | 11.6940 | 13.9997 |
| 102 | CHNEastern Asia | 12.511 | 11.4993 | 13.6224 |
| 103 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 12.475 | 10.2957 | 14.6476 |
| 104 | KNACaribbean | 12.077 | 10.3210 | 14.0518 |
| 105 | ARMWestern Asia | 11.966 | 9.9674 | 14.1805 |
| 106 | SLBMelanesia | 11.892 | 9.9096 | 14.2070 |
| 107 | PERSouth America | 11.696 | 10.7819 | 12.6657 |
| 108 | TURWestern Asia | 11.668 | 10.3679 | 13.1171 |
| 109 | LBYNorthern Africa | 11.629 | 9.4390 | 13.9202 |
| 110 | FJIMelanesia | 11.525 | 10.3273 | 12.7365 |
| 111 | PLWMicronesia | 11.438 | 7.0663 | 16.3750 |
| 112 | COLSouth America | 11.323 | 9.9747 | 12.8641 |
| 113 | MDVSouthern Asia | 10.879 | 9.5853 | 12.2125 |
| 114 | VUTMelanesia | 10.820 | 7.2964 | 14.4134 |
| 115 | ECUSouth America | 10.701 | 9.0411 | 12.6291 |
| 116 | SYRWestern Asia | 10.552 | 9.0589 | 12.3996 |
| 117 | VENSouth America | 10.212 | 9.7640 | 10.6549 |
| 118 | SLVCentral America | 10.204 | 8.7703 | 11.8645 |
| 119 | MUSEastern Africa | 10.134 | 9.4842 | 10.8225 |
| 120 | ALBSouthern Europe | 9.988 | 9.0353 | 10.9432 |
| 121 | BRBCaribbean | 9.870 | 8.9935 | 10.8044 |
| 122 | PANCentral America | 9.757 | 6.2036 | 13.9742 |
| 123 | BLZCentral America | 9.695 | 8.7832 | 10.7116 |
| 124 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 9.211 | 6.1061 | 11.6070 |
| 125 | ATGCaribbean | 9.156 | 7.9378 | 10.5366 |
| 126 | MEXCentral America | 9.115 | 8.4801 | 9.9115 |
| 127 | MKDSouthern Europe | 8.785 | 8.2180 | 9.3713 |
| 128 | ARGSouth America | 8.781 | 8.5189 | 9.0527 |
| 129 | BHSCaribbean | 8.736 | 7.9394 | 9.5785 |
| 130 | SYCEastern Africa | 8.726 | 7.6891 | 9.8916 |
| 131 | LBNWestern Asia | 8.723 | 6.9646 | 10.7878 |
| 132 | VGBCaribbean | 8.423 | 5.1644 | 12.3038 |
| 133 | UKREastern Europe | 8.209 | 6.2327 | 9.7176 |
| 134 | SAUWestern Asia | 8.023 | 6.2672 | 10.2604 |
| 135 | GRDCaribbean | 7.962 | 6.9536 | 9.0755 |
| 136 | COKPolynesia | 7.775 | 4.8387 | 10.8531 |
| 137 | ROUEastern Europe | 7.714 | 6.9501 | 8.4653 |
| 138 | WSMPolynesia | 7.596 | 5.7756 | 9.2959 |
| 139 | CRICentral America | 7.000 | 6.7103 | 7.2891 |
| 140 | URYSouth America | 6.755 | 6.2780 | 7.2498 |
| 141 | LKASouthern Asia | 6.567 | 6.3114 | 6.8204 |
| 142 | MNESouthern Europe | 6.463 | 5.8426 | 7.1211 |
| 143 | OMNWestern Asia | 6.080 | 4.8496 | 7.3498 |
| 144 | TONPolynesia | 6.033 | 4.8055 | 7.3531 |
| 145 | MSRCaribbean | 6.000 | 2.9019 | 11.8450 |
| 146 | RUSEastern Europe | 5.924 | 5.2848 | 6.5547 |
| 147 | KWTWestern Asia | 5.766 | 5.4708 | 6.0550 |
| 148 | BGREastern Europe | 5.594 | 5.3361 | 5.8602 |
| 149 | CHLSouth America | 5.466 | 5.2925 | 5.6442 |
| 150 | QATWestern Asia | 5.340 | 4.7955 | 5.9118 |
| 151 | SRBSouthern Europe | 5.284 | 4.8667 | 5.7181 |
| 152 | AREWestern Asia | 5.270 | 4.8339 | 5.7426 |
| 153 | LVANorthern Europe | 5.204 | 4.8107 | 5.6074 |
| 154 | AIACaribbean | 5.199 | 2.8949 | 8.5597 |
| 155 | BIHSouthern Europe | 5.076 | 4.8259 | 5.3408 |
| 156 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 4.967 | 4.4858 | 5.4908 |
| 157 | TCACaribbean | 4.579 | 2.7756 | 6.6924 |
| 158 | MLTSouthern Europe | 4.564 | 4.0816 | 5.0724 |
| 159 | USANorthern America | 4.418 | 4.3094 | 4.5269 |
| 160 | POLEastern Europe | 4.386 | 4.2533 | 4.5167 |
| 161 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 4.292 | 3.8984 | 4.7462 |
| 162 | HRVSouthern Europe | 4.038 | 3.7985 | 4.2805 |
| 163 | LTUNorthern Europe | 3.996 | 3.6679 | 4.3486 |
| 164 | HUNEastern Europe | 3.926 | 3.7332 | 4.1212 |
| 165 | CANNorthern America | 3.854 | 3.7502 | 3.9606 |
| 166 | SVKEastern Europe | 3.671 | 3.4529 | 3.8910 |
| 167 | BHRWestern Asia | 3.427 | 3.0880 | 3.7858 |
| 168 | GBRNorthern Europe | 3.410 | 3.3141 | 3.5053 |
| 169 | NLDWestern Europe | 3.299 | 3.1916 | 3.4065 |
| 170 | CHEWestern Europe | 3.259 | 3.1075 | 3.4089 |
| 171 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 3.197 | 3.0826 | 3.3132 |
| 172 | CUBCaribbean | 3.140 | 2.7763 | 3.5477 |
| 173 | ESTNorthern Europe | 3.031 | 2.7296 | 3.3390 |
| 174 | DNKNorthern Europe | 3.003 | 2.8427 | 3.1726 |
| 175 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 2.997 | 2.8186 | 3.1763 |
| 176 | BLREastern Europe | 2.917 | 2.2929 | 3.6165 |
| 177 | AUTWestern Europe | 2.765 | 2.6205 | 2.9091 |
| 178 | IRLNorthern Europe | 2.756 | 2.5875 | 2.9244 |
| 179 | ITASouthern Europe | 2.624 | 2.5449 | 2.7038 |
| 180 | ANDSouthern Europe | 2.602 | 1.3168 | 4.9853 |
| 181 | ISRWestern Asia | 2.590 | 2.4553 | 2.7199 |
| 182 | DEUWestern Europe | 2.580 | 2.5010 | 2.6605 |
| 183 | BELWestern Europe | 2.576 | 2.4606 | 2.6964 |
| 184 | CYPWestern Asia | 2.429 | 2.0910 | 2.7922 |
| 185 | FRAWestern Europe | 2.391 | 2.2994 | 2.4831 |
| 186 | GRCSouthern Europe | 2.357 | 2.2380 | 2.4779 |
| 187 | MCOWestern Europe | 2.354 | 1.5115 | 3.1992 |
| 188 | ESPSouthern Europe | 2.325 | 2.2339 | 2.4198 |
| 189 | SVNSouthern Europe | 2.297 | 2.1178 | 2.4962 |
| 190 | PRTSouthern Europe | 2.207 | 2.0767 | 2.3395 |
| 191 | NORNorthern Europe | 2.194 | 2.0584 | 2.3362 |
| 192 | KOREastern Asia | 2.187 | 2.0234 | 2.3540 |
| 193 | CZEEastern Europe | 2.099 | 1.9767 | 2.2292 |
| 194 | FINNorthern Europe | 2.005 | 1.8860 | 2.1301 |
| 195 | SWENorthern Europe | 1.829 | 1.7266 | 1.9318 |
| 196 | LUXWestern Europe | 1.677 | 1.3973 | 1.9658 |
| 197 | ISLNorthern Europe | 1.489 | 1.2613 | 1.7524 |
| 198 | SMRSouthern Europe | 1.473 | 0.7529 | 2.3604 |
| 199 | JPNEastern Asia | 1.344 | 1.2951 | 1.3933 |
| 200 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 1.231 | 1.1137 | 1.3595 |
02In 2006
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Afghanistan53.927
- 2
Pakistan52.005
- 3
Guinea-Bissau50.069
- 4
South Sudan47.726
- 5
Somalia45.749
Lowest
- 200
Singapore1.231
- 199
Japan1.344
- 198
San Marino1.473
- 197
Iceland1.489
- 196
Luxembourg1.677
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.911. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Afghanistan49.2824
Lowest
San Marino0.7529
Middle country: 10.8098
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Somalia67.5271
Lowest
Singapore1.3595
Middle country: 14.5022
032005 → 2006
Since 2005
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 200values changed, of 200 in both
- 17 · 183rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Botswana19.371 → 22.086+2.715
Zimbabwe25.336 → 26.511+1.175
Dominica15.269 → 15.965+0.696
Cabo Verde16.495 → 16.784+0.289
South Africa12.836 → 13.058+0.222
Fell most
Rwanda30.225 → 28.401−1.824
Angola33.028 → 31.431−1.598
Kosovo19.749 → 18.274−1.475
Afghanistan55.391 → 53.927−1.464
Equatorial Guinea41.794 → 40.384−1.409
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 2006.
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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2006). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/2006
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