Data for 1973

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973

1973, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973 covers 107 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 97.52; Japan is lowest, at 7.39. The middle country reads 32.30. Against 1972, 104 values changed (11 up, 93 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1973

HighestMali

97.52

LowestJapan

7.39

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

107countries
3measures per country
1973the year it describes
107distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	MaliMLIWestern Africa	97.52	85.43	111.17
2	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	94.85	87.26	103.10
3	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	84.53	75.46	94.78
4	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	84.12	72.16	97.44
5	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	82.52	76.56	88.88
6	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	80.58	61.55	105.38
7	HaitiHTICaribbean	75.14	65.75	86.01
8	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	74.10	67.27	81.42
9	YemenYEMWestern Asia	71.31	63.52	80.38
10	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	70.95	62.68	80.37
11	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	70.45	61.07	81.70
12	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	65.62	57.11	75.70
13	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	63.88	53.71	75.18
14	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	62.63	53.89	72.95
15	NigerNERWestern Africa	62.12	53.15	73.17
16	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	61.96	52.10	74.02
17	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	61.05	54.19	68.75
18	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	60.69	55.11	66.79
19	BoliviaBOLSouth America	58.01	52.24	64.64
20	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	57.90	52.84	63.62
21	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	57.71	49.66	67.13
22	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	57.31	47.64	69.17
23	BeninBENWestern Africa	56.23	49.89	63.40
24	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	55.61	48.75	63.22
25	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	55.33	48.12	63.04
26	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	54.78	48.66	61.39
27	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	54.59	48.59	61.35
28	TogoTGOWestern Africa	54.12	47.22	62.22
29	SenegalSENWestern Africa	52.52	46.83	58.73
30	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	52.28	45.02	60.64
31	OmanOMNWestern Asia	49.23	38.24	63.69
32	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	48.95	41.61	57.45
33	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	47.48	42.44	53.23
34	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	45.98	40.51	51.72
35	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	45.54	41.78	49.53
36	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	44.82	38.64	52.11
37	BrazilBRASouth America	43.98	39.02	49.63
38	EcuadorECUSouth America	43.86	38.00	50.34
39	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.01	36.60	49.89
40	PeruPERSouth America	42.05	38.15	46.26
41	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	41.66	37.06	47.47
42	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	39.73	35.52	44.47
43	MexicoMEXCentral America	39.39	34.88	44.55
44	HondurasHNDCentral America	37.04	30.98	44.16
45	KenyaKENEastern Africa	36.81	32.78	41.10
46	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	36.59	29.21	45.34
47	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	35.50	30.38	40.96
48	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	35.09	30.19	40.67
49	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	34.55	30.08	39.30
50	GuyanaGUYSouth America	34.31	28.64	41.01
51	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	33.40	27.28	40.44
52	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	33.29	27.18	40.75
53	BelizeBLZCentral America	32.39	24.32	42.82
54	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32.30	25.93	40.09
55	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	29.93	25.74	34.76
56	ParaguayPRYSouth America	29.62	25.23	34.26
57	ColombiaCOLSouth America	29.15	26.19	32.28
58	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	28.80	27.27	30.39
59	JordanJORWestern Asia	28.76	25.80	31.89
60	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	28.62	26.25	31.19
61	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.99	27.24	28.79
62	PanamaPANCentral America	27.70	21.47	34.47
63	ChileCHLSouth America	27.67	26.66	28.72
64	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	27.00	22.76	31.84
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	26.51	20.86	33.76
66	UruguayURYSouth America	26.01	24.03	28.22
67	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	24.96	23.37	26.70
68	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24.67	21.77	27.91
69	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	23.12	18.94	27.86
70	ArgentinaARGSouth America	22.89	19.74	26.13
71	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	22.22	19.80	24.87
72	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	21.86	19.26	24.95
73	BahamasBHSCaribbean	21.43	19.84	23.08
74	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	21.06	20.18	21.92
75	Costa RicaCRICentral America	20.57	18.91	22.37
76	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	20.21	16.93	23.98
77	CubaCUBCaribbean	19.66	17.41	22.27
78	ItalyITASouthern Europe	18.49	18.04	18.97
79	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	18.38	17.86	18.89
80	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	18.27	16.28	20.40
81	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	17.73	17.19	18.29
82	PolandPOLEastern Europe	16.67	16.18	17.16
83	DominicaDMACaribbean	16.40	14.66	18.24
84	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	16.10	15.05	17.18
85	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	15.51	13.18	17.85
86	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	14.13	12.42	16.03
87	SpainESPSouthern Europe	14.03	13.56	14.51
88	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	13.74	13.24	14.24
89	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	13.03	12.49	13.60
90	United StatesUSANorthern America	12.90	12.62	13.19
91	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	12.63	12.26	13.01
92	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	12.55	12.19	12.92
93	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	12.18	11.74	12.65
94	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	11.65	11.30	12.00
95	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	11.49	11.19	11.79
96	CanadaCANNorthern America	10.85	10.55	11.15
97	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	10.42	9.31	11.56
98	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	9.85	9.44	10.26
99	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	9.00	8.66	9.35
100	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	8.91	8.58	9.25
101	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	8.79	8.47	9.11
102	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	8.48	8.24	8.73
103	FranceFRAWestern Europe	8.41	8.11	8.71
104	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	8.38	7.59	9.23
105	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	8.32	7.98	8.67
106	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.82	7.57	8.06
107	JapanJPNEastern Asia	7.39	7.17	7.60

02In 1973

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali97.52
2Bangladesh94.85
3Nepal84.53
4Liberia84.12
5India82.52

Lowest

107Japan7.39
106Sweden7.82
105Norway8.32
104Iceland8.38
103France8.41

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh87.26
LowestJapan7.17
Middle country: 27.18
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali111.17
LowestJapan7.60
Middle country: 39.30

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 104 in both
11 · 93rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay25.33 → 26.01+0.68
Bangladesh94.25 → 94.85+0.60
Namibia31.71 → 32.30+0.59
Zimbabwe34.55 → 35.09+0.54
Rwanda60.57 → 61.05+0.49

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire73.41 → 70.95−2.46
Haiti77.30 → 75.14−2.16
Algeria65.99 → 63.88−2.11
Liberia86.09 → 84.12−1.97
Bahrain28.89 → 27.00−1.89

+ Comoros

+ Lebanon

+ Chad

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Which end is better
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 107 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1973). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1973

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