Data for 2009

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2009

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2009
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

2009, 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, 2009 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Pakistan is highest, at 50.072; Singapore is lowest, at 1.159. The middle country reads 11.658. Against 2008, 200 values changed (18 up, 182 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 2009

HighestPakistan

50.072

LowestSingapore

1.159

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

200countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.072	46.5524	53.861
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49.437	44.9287	54.333
3	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	46.462	38.1176	56.750
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.349	28.2678	70.176
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	43.476	27.6109	66.341
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	42.571	36.2863	49.371
7	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.278	36.0124	44.891
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.021	35.3145	44.982
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.741	35.1845	42.911
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.067	34.4301	41.939
11	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	37.915	32.3442	44.099
12	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37.510	28.8793	49.126
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.195	33.0016	41.913
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.457	32.0295	41.473
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	36.115	26.2944	48.042
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.968	32.0549	40.346
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	35.417	30.8315	40.355
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.771	29.9696	39.978
19	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.759	29.9538	37.871
20	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.621	29.0534	38.922
21	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.848	30.7976	34.990
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.909	28.1313	36.047
23	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.459	26.0991	37.492
24	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.131	26.9608	35.992
25	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.941	28.5114	31.472
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.904	26.2134	33.879
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	29.884	27.2057	32.732
28	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.475	22.8259	36.556
29	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29.432	26.0827	32.938
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.982	24.3546	34.003
31	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	28.963	24.3817	34.101
32	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.906	25.3792	32.818
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.652	26.1657	31.292
34	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.487	25.3643	31.954
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	28.344	24.5844	32.720
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.318	21.7835	34.909
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.618	23.7234	32.110
38	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.476	24.4635	30.878
39	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.324	24.6280	30.257
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.321	21.6680	34.054
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	27.112	24.6619	29.687
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.030	22.4408	32.598
43	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.659	22.6213	31.108
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.182	23.6094	29.024
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.504	17.0949	39.614
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.256	22.5385	28.323
47	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.095	22.6817	27.742
48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.072	22.1543	27.939
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	24.987	21.6120	28.768
50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.329	20.7854	28.410
51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.293	21.5016	27.342
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.811	21.2096	26.724
53	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.534	17.9921	30.516
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.517	21.1247	26.071
55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	23.315	15.9445	30.448
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.230	18.4474	29.074
57	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.466	18.9687	26.651
58	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	22.381	18.4436	26.868
59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.262	17.8532	27.284
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	22.052	17.8618	27.209
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	21.549	17.1243	27.182
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.270	17.8166	25.451
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.234	17.7289	23.007
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.157	17.4558	23.042
65	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	19.372	9.9168	35.838
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.926	16.8541	21.260
67	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18.646	15.9648	21.936
68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.599	17.0827	20.223
69	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	18.351	9.5673	31.651
70	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	18.245	13.3678	23.963
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.178	17.0027	19.417
72	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17.807	14.8273	21.266
73	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	17.540	14.0955	21.780
74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17.461	15.9456	19.016
75	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	17.449	13.9395	22.209
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.298	15.9086	18.779
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.288	15.5302	19.158
78	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	17.196	13.8788	21.617
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.798	13.0650	21.348
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.762	15.2422	18.379
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.559	14.3988	18.950
82	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16.104	9.4085	24.014
83	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.330	11.6664	20.170
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	15.125	13.1751	17.346
85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	14.839	12.1541	18.026
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.120	9.1633	21.798
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.040	12.2316	16.152
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.784	12.3191	15.409
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.683	12.2561	15.242
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.602	11.9012	15.545
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13.476	12.8003	14.154
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.374	10.9565	16.329
93	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.324	10.6774	16.404
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.310	10.7148	15.787
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	13.278	12.2388	14.428
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.743	11.0686	15.453
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12.340	11.3707	13.340
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.085	11.2226	13.030
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11.931	10.2456	13.788
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.683	10.3697	13.227
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	11.633	9.9118	13.623
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.543	10.9260	12.163
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.267	9.2246	13.671
104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10.893	10.1335	11.779
105	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.529	6.1987	15.570
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.421	9.9969	10.849
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.330	8.2871	12.701
108	Colombia`COL`South America	10.305	8.8052	12.054
109	Peru`PER`South America	10.125	9.3334	10.958
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.087	8.2794	12.194
111	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.997	9.0759	10.992
112	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.729	6.0279	13.208
113	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.715	8.8281	10.672
114	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.514	8.8804	10.178
115	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.440	7.4233	11.542
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.414	7.9987	10.919
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.393	8.3389	10.507
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.210	8.4421	10.028
119	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.193	8.1356	10.324
120	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.004	8.4163	9.689
121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.741	7.6760	9.908
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8.717	7.3081	10.467
123	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8.657	7.6007	9.786
124	Panama`PAN`Central America	8.640	5.7361	12.031
125	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.410	7.6322	9.246
126	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8.368	4.9671	12.444
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8.299	7.4321	9.211
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.169	5.2655	10.409
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.887	6.7897	9.127
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.842	6.3027	9.635
131	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.787	6.0150	9.577
132	Argentina`ARG`South America	7.774	7.5282	8.026
133	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.348	6.5987	8.110
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.217	5.3451	8.700
135	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.182	6.6892	7.688
136	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	7.002	4.2140	9.997
137	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.708	5.2121	8.549
138	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.676	6.4395	6.914
139	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.675	6.3991	6.964
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.824	4.8027	6.877
141	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.764	5.1431	6.348
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.608	5.3356	5.879
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.575	4.3570	6.820
144	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	5.430	2.4643	11.445
145	Chile`CHL`South America	5.328	5.1615	5.494
146	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.145	4.9108	5.383
147	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.081	4.6583	5.510
148	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.998	4.4704	5.574
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4.936	4.6817	5.203
150	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.894	4.3968	5.423
151	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.817	4.4299	5.190
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.766	4.2801	5.267
153	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	4.718	2.5728	7.973
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.588	4.1183	5.096
155	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.543	4.0240	5.082
156	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4.493	4.1337	4.869
157	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.317	3.9980	4.659
158	United States`USA`Northern America	4.143	4.0448	4.241
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.079	3.7107	4.466
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	4.010	2.2022	6.510
161	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.797	3.6896	3.907
162	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.772	3.6691	3.878
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.671	3.4530	3.900
164	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.516	3.3302	3.700
165	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.334	3.1415	3.532
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.194	3.0521	3.337
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.161	2.8484	3.496
168	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.120	3.0296	3.211
169	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.077	2.7987	3.377
170	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.041	2.8681	3.217
171	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.912	2.5637	3.294
172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.885	2.7843	2.989
173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.883	2.7835	2.984
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.783	2.6245	2.945
175	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.553	2.4210	2.689
176	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.473	2.3289	2.617
177	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.445	2.3714	2.518
178	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.429	2.3167	2.546
179	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.385	2.2774	2.495
180	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.356	2.2812	2.432
181	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.351	2.2614	2.443
182	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.299	1.0817	4.778
183	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.280	2.0436	2.528
184	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.198	1.3739	3.015
185	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.133	2.0476	2.217
186	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.127	2.0126	2.243
187	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.097	1.9772	2.216
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.987	1.5287	2.492
189	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.954	1.6735	2.277
190	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.949	1.8295	2.075
191	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.930	1.7632	2.091
192	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.799	1.6583	1.937
193	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.760	1.6566	1.870
194	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.750	1.6426	1.862
195	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.644	1.5516	1.739
196	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.550	1.2905	1.828
197	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.354	1.1351	1.590
198	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.198	0.5107	2.051
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.170	1.1280	1.213
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.159	1.0483	1.280

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1Pakistan50.072
2Afghanistan49.437
3Guinea-Bissau46.462
4Somalia44.349
5South Sudan43.476

Lowest

200Singapore1.159
199Japan1.170
198San Marino1.198
197Iceland1.354
196Luxembourg1.550

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.658. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestPakistan46.5524
LowestSan Marino0.5107
Middle country: 9.9143
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia70.176
LowestJapan1.213
Middle country: 13.481

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
18 · 182rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic37.301 → 42.571+5.271
Dominica17.617 → 18.599+0.982
Botswana25.015 → 25.504+0.489
Namibia20.858 → 21.270+0.412
Grenada8.319 → 8.657+0.338

Fell most

Kazakhstan15.280 → 13.476−1.804
Uzbekistan19.401 → 17.807−1.593
Afghanistan50.911 → 49.437−1.474
South Sudan44.918 → 43.476−1.442
Myanmar30.394 → 28.982−1.412

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2009). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/2009

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