Data for 2015

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2015

Name: Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2015
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

2015, 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, 2015 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Pakistan is highest, at 44.7995; San Marino is lowest, at 0.8422. The middle country reads 10.5051. Against 2014, 200 values changed (36 up, 164 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 2015

HighestPakistan

44.7995

LowestSan Marino

0.8422

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

200countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
200distinct values15 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	44.7995	40.7713	49.351
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	41.8052	20.8476	77.768
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.5445	36.3893	47.186
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	40.2631	21.5724	76.318
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.1026	27.1620	55.285
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.9860	34.2022	42.183
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	35.4294	27.6493	44.355
8	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.3638	31.3998	39.747
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.4571	28.9458	40.848
10	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.1330	29.8797	39.084
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.0060	29.3336	39.657
12	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.9974	29.1632	39.166
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	33.8831	27.3031	41.662
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.6537	28.4680	39.561
15	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.1952	21.5565	50.713
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.2908	28.1868	37.009
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.2376	28.1188	36.839
18	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.5343	18.0042	50.895
19	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	31.4402	26.9274	36.261
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.4692	25.4035	34.208
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	28.9796	24.3993	34.190
22	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	28.1802	22.5970	34.951
23	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	28.0832	20.1841	37.744
24	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.3006	23.8080	31.411
25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.7268	22.2229	31.914
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.7033	21.1489	34.218
27	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.6061	21.0760	33.777
28	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.5637	23.0960	30.405
29	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.3159	20.7401	32.111
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.0222	24.4800	27.597
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.5874	22.0329	29.688
32	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.4399	23.2433	27.866
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	25.3922	23.0103	28.062
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	24.8974	17.5805	33.112
35	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.6147	18.4993	31.533
36	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.3960	17.9419	31.929
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.3645	20.3294	28.929
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	24.3110	21.7558	27.074
39	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.2393	18.3045	31.437
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.1838	21.0182	27.872
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.0488	21.1135	27.230
42	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.9964	19.8666	28.518
43	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.6962	18.2337	30.369
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.6818	20.7613	26.976
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.5166	22.2635	24.837
46	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	23.4656	17.2234	31.365
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.4457	20.7002	26.705
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23.3911	20.7422	26.348
49	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	23.3239	13.1158	34.783
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	23.3023	20.5011	26.574
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.2384	20.7333	26.056
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.9020	20.4720	25.554
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.9851	11.2591	49.085
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.2617	17.4312	26.008
55	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.9009	16.1816	26.378
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	20.3083	13.5432	29.970
57	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.8896	16.4314	24.065
58	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.7392	13.1114	28.734
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	19.4294	13.2167	28.744
60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18.8841	15.7286	22.589
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.7422	13.7860	20.231
62	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	16.6265	7.3472	35.141
63	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	16.6095	10.4705	25.341
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.9663	11.8899	20.839
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	15.6600	7.0057	31.196
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15.4588	11.5214	20.854
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.3778	11.5096	20.527
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.3272	13.3528	17.596
69	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.1799	14.1654	16.256
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.6477	13.9501	15.421
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.2999	13.5530	15.069
72	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.1678	11.1555	17.567
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.0635	10.1713	18.711
74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	13.5992	12.5046	14.745
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.5254	11.7875	15.501
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	13.4791	12.3648	14.636
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.4177	12.0730	14.955
78	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.0599	10.8375	15.582
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.9911	10.5579	15.829
80	Suriname`SUR`South America	12.9137	8.8757	18.604
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	12.8349	10.9421	15.079
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.3133	11.3198	13.313
83	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12.2670	9.7054	15.398
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.1125	11.5422	12.688
85	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	12.0021	8.1440	17.712
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.7167	6.4586	21.117
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.6908	9.2085	14.707
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.6667	9.8899	13.473
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	11.5247	9.4164	14.183
90	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.5246	10.2496	12.914
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	11.4689	9.4844	13.941
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.4198	6.3859	17.336
93	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	11.2365	5.3315	18.142
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.1649	9.8891	12.542
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11.0865	9.3954	12.926
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.9749	8.1546	15.078
97	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.9617	7.4115	16.250
98	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.9559	9.8243	12.031
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.5567	7.0257	13.402
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.5129	9.8426	11.262
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.4973	9.6921	11.355
102	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	10.2516	8.8818	11.758
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.0748	7.4268	13.461
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.0490	6.1192	15.406
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.7160	8.1655	11.659
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.5542	8.9944	10.129
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.5271	9.0464	10.017
108	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9.3592	6.4909	12.794
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.0592	8.3535	9.798
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.8463	7.7049	10.064
111	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.7501	7.0139	10.809
112	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8.6504	7.8213	9.529
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.5319	7.5355	9.626
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.4732	7.9215	9.016
115	Colombia`COL`South America	8.4501	6.5525	10.868
116	Peru`PER`South America	8.1802	7.3650	9.104
117	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8.1680	4.3208	13.996
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8.0640	7.5264	8.660
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7.7195	5.8988	9.913
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7.6396	6.6506	8.778
121	Panama`PAN`Central America	7.2786	5.8707	8.781
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.2668	6.5619	7.943
123	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.2541	5.2760	9.470
124	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	7.1664	4.0352	10.777
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7.0961	4.7599	10.312
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.7957	6.5313	7.066
127	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6.7377	6.2333	7.256
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6.6227	4.0780	8.584
129	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.4938	5.9526	7.070
130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	6.4933	5.4644	7.705
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6.4027	4.7753	8.604
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	6.1963	5.9503	6.447
133	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.0352	5.5073	6.562
134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.8624	5.2214	6.503
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5.5598	3.9749	6.820
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.5395	5.0376	6.082
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.4808	5.1334	5.837
138	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.3468	5.1398	5.555
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.3250	4.8647	5.812
140	Chile`CHL`South America	5.2322	5.0649	5.400
141	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.1410	3.8307	6.799
142	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.1283	4.6129	5.692
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.9875	4.6409	5.328
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.9757	4.7158	5.253
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4.7625	4.4956	5.043
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.5218	3.4450	5.743
147	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	4.4569	1.7559	10.707
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.4174	3.9658	4.937
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.2869	3.8604	4.727
150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.2284	3.8129	4.631
151	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.1809	3.8496	4.503
152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.1713	3.8312	4.533
153	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.0592	3.8539	4.278
154	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.9757	3.6598	4.318
155	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	3.9473	1.9345	7.659
156	United States`USA`Northern America	3.8858	3.7983	3.976
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.8074	3.3988	4.212
158	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3.5405	3.4481	3.634
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.3712	3.0773	3.677
160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.2456	1.2808	7.452
161	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.2208	3.0473	3.393
162	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.0847	2.8876	3.289
163	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.0511	2.8707	3.240
164	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.9674	2.8394	3.102
165	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.8974	2.8081	2.992
166	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.8884	2.7121	3.083
167	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.7649	2.5082	3.038
168	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.6937	2.5406	2.851
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.6501	2.5582	2.746
170	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.6482	2.5759	2.722
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.5832	2.4471	2.720
172	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.5738	2.2392	2.928
173	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.4368	2.3507	2.525
174	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.3999	2.2643	2.544
175	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.3913	2.1449	2.655
176	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.3506	2.2682	2.435
177	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.3183	1.9811	2.689
178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.2918	2.1826	2.399
179	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.2856	2.2171	2.353
180	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.2638	2.1436	2.388
181	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.1328	2.0672	2.199
182	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.1016	1.9722	2.233
183	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.0884	1.9935	2.186
184	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.9395	1.8643	2.013
185	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.8878	1.0796	2.822
186	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.7811	0.5693	5.395
187	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.6341	1.5158	1.752
188	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.5964	1.4915	1.701
189	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.5875	1.4808	1.704
190	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.5779	1.2388	1.946
191	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.5592	1.4720	1.649
192	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.5126	1.3698	1.659
193	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5031	1.2766	1.753
194	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.4279	1.2557	1.607
195	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.4073	1.1781	1.671
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.3876	1.2903	1.489
197	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.3059	1.1032	1.538
198	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.0788	0.9709	1.195
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.9210	0.8842	0.958
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.8422	0.2792	1.646

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Pakistan44.7995
2South Sudan41.8052
3Afghanistan41.5445
4Somalia40.2631
5Guinea-Bissau39.1026

Lowest

200San Marino0.8422
199Japan0.9210
198Singapore1.0788
197Iceland1.3059
196Finland1.3876

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.5051. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestPakistan40.7713
LowestSan Marino0.2792
Middle country: 7.8714
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan77.768
LowestJapan0.958
Middle country: 12.741

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
36 · 164rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela11.4923 → 14.6477+3.1554
Dominica24.2631 → 25.4399+1.1768
South Sudan40.8068 → 41.8052+0.9985
Zimbabwe26.8512 → 27.3006+0.4493
Grenada11.1428 → 11.5246+0.3818

Fell most

Central African Republic35.3851 → 33.8831−1.5020
Bhutan15.2917 → 14.0635−1.2282
Cambodia16.6013 → 15.3778−1.2235
Afghanistan42.7011 → 41.5445−1.1565
Nauru10.4789 → 9.3592−1.1197

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