Data for 1969

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1969

1969, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1969 covers 92 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 99.53; Japan is lowest, at 9.15. The middle country reads 33.94.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1969

HighestMali

99.53

LowestJapan

9.15

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

92countries
3measures per country
1969the year it describes
92distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	MaliMLIWestern Africa	99.53	85.387	115.765
2	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	92.98	79.359	108.732
3	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	92.73	84.473	101.760
4	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	89.02	78.911	100.637
5	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	85.29	78.272	93.148
6	HaitiHTICaribbean	82.48	71.291	95.180
7	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	78.96	68.772	90.286
8	YemenYEMWestern Asia	77.64	68.185	88.623
9	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	76.44	68.930	84.459
10	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	71.06	58.241	86.369
11	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	70.47	58.592	84.103
12	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	69.99	59.227	84.016
13	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	69.90	59.683	82.352
14	BoliviaBOLSouth America	63.80	56.410	72.279
15	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	62.67	53.904	72.598
16	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	60.93	54.786	67.582
17	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	60.91	53.009	70.054
18	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	60.39	54.791	67.287
19	NigerNERWestern Africa	60.23	49.665	73.234
20	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	60.08	53.116	67.956
21	BeninBENWestern Africa	58.99	51.857	67.044
22	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	58.24	51.689	65.071
23	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	57.65	51.127	65.124
24	TogoTGOWestern Africa	55.54	47.945	64.184
25	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	55.43	46.804	65.799
26	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	55.36	48.188	63.681
27	SenegalSENWestern Africa	55.04	48.477	61.892
28	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	52.40	46.374	59.633
29	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	49.76	41.845	59.401
30	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	49.45	45.007	54.059
31	EcuadorECUSouth America	49.04	42.200	56.917
32	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	48.72	41.569	56.910
33	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	47.91	42.219	55.099
34	BrazilBRASouth America	47.56	41.476	54.529
35	PeruPERSouth America	47.26	42.620	52.262
36	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	47.21	39.749	55.556
37	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	46.82	40.597	53.705
38	MexicoMEXCentral America	44.84	39.424	50.867
39	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	40.41	35.576	45.806
40	KenyaKENEastern Africa	39.78	35.512	44.572
41	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	36.36	29.569	44.675
42	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	36.23	30.845	42.230
43	BelizeBLZCentral America	35.44	24.336	50.942
44	GuyanaGUYSouth America	35.16	29.159	42.550
45	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	34.56	28.240	41.946
46	PanamaPANCentral America	34.32	25.996	43.550
47	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	33.56	27.981	40.118
48	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	33.28	30.876	35.795
49	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	32.26	27.683	37.578
50	JordanJORWestern Asia	32.02	28.502	35.817
51	ColombiaCOLSouth America	31.57	28.123	35.077
52	ChileCHLSouth America	31.25	30.097	32.407
53	ParaguayPRYSouth America	30.91	26.328	36.190
54	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	30.22	22.401	40.274
55	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	29.72	27.848	31.645
56	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	29.65	27.931	31.359
57	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.77	26.933	28.635
58	Costa RicaCRICentral America	27.56	24.624	31.064
59	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	25.69	21.325	30.925
60	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	25.15	21.994	28.899
61	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	24.93	23.899	25.985
62	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	24.79	21.679	28.548
63	CubaCUBCaribbean	21.48	18.953	24.580
64	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	21.41	17.841	25.462
65	BahamasBHSCaribbean	20.94	18.443	23.688
66	ItalyITASouthern Europe	20.65	20.093	21.200
67	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	20.45	19.845	21.066
68	DominicaDMACaribbean	19.43	17.025	22.020
69	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	18.86	18.330	19.393
70	PolandPOLEastern Europe	18.68	18.113	19.259
71	SpainESPSouthern Europe	18.29	17.652	18.932
72	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	16.37	13.820	18.991
73	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	15.61	14.936	16.270
74	United StatesUSANorthern America	15.49	15.150	15.832
75	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	14.62	14.181	15.041
76	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	14.41	13.852	14.970
77	CanadaCANNorthern America	13.88	13.514	14.247
78	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	13.77	13.291	14.254
79	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	13.69	13.178	14.205
80	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	13.27	11.992	14.573
81	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	12.79	12.396	13.191
82	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	12.36	12.033	12.691
83	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	11.63	11.248	12.016
84	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	11.52	11.176	11.869
85	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	10.91	10.553	11.262
86	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	10.85	10.432	11.282
87	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	10.09	9.726	10.462
88	FranceFRAWestern Europe	9.98	9.612	10.353
89	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	9.91	8.999	10.911
90	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	9.82	9.560	10.091
91	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	9.64	9.363	9.912
92	JapanJPNEastern Asia	9.15	8.886	9.409

02In 1969

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali99.53
2Liberia92.98
3Bangladesh92.73
4Nepal89.02
5India85.29

Lowest

92Japan9.15
91Sweden9.64
90Netherlands9.82
89Iceland9.91
88France9.98

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali85.387
LowestJapan8.886
Middle country: 28.371
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali115.765
LowestJapan9.409
Middle country: 41.110

03Caveats

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Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1969.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 92 countries has every column.

04The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1969). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1969

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