Data for 1974

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1974

1974, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1974 covers 110 countries on 3 measures. Mali is highest, at 96.331; Japan is lowest, at 7.059. The middle country reads 32.305. Against 1973, 107 values changed (10 up, 97 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1974

HighestMali

96.331

LowestJapan

7.059

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

110countries
3measures per country
1974the year it describes
110distinct 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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	MaliMLIWestern Africa	96.331	84.550	109.75
2	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	96.032	88.458	104.23
3	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	83.402	74.787	93.33
4	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	82.256	70.553	95.34
5	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	81.455	75.629	87.71
6	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	79.965	62.468	102.55
7	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	73.674	66.903	80.96
8	HaitiHTICaribbean	72.959	64.001	83.39
9	YemenYEMWestern Asia	69.820	62.195	78.33
10	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	69.584	60.624	80.08
11	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	68.403	60.395	77.31
12	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	64.160	56.259	73.46
13	NigerNERWestern Africa	62.225	53.527	72.88
14	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	61.948	52.469	73.38
15	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	61.832	55.024	69.38
16	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	61.664	52.263	72.06
17	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	61.211	52.908	71.11
18	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	59.892	54.330	65.84
19	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	56.931	52.133	62.15
20	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	56.773	47.418	68.11
21	BoliviaBOLSouth America	56.738	51.221	62.95
22	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	56.010	48.175	65.24
23	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	55.786	48.903	63.36
24	BeninBENWestern Africa	55.520	49.300	62.42
25	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	54.722	47.786	62.22
26	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	53.976	47.967	60.51
27	TogoTGOWestern Africa	53.694	46.951	61.57
28	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	53.294	47.747	59.45
29	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	52.077	45.008	60.03
30	SenegalSENWestern Africa	51.906	46.435	57.86
31	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	48.780	41.456	57.11
32	OmanOMNWestern Asia	47.481	37.286	60.31
33	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	46.035	41.218	51.53
34	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	45.807	40.435	51.40
35	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	44.454	40.844	48.37
36	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	44.439	37.367	53.38
37	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	43.472	37.478	50.38
38	BrazilBRASouth America	42.733	37.811	48.23
39	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	42.697	36.343	49.23
40	EcuadorECUSouth America	42.465	36.866	48.82
41	NicaraguaNICCentral America	41.437	35.065	48.87
42	PeruPERSouth America	40.986	37.200	44.98
43	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	40.045	35.637	45.65
44	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	39.352	35.095	44.11
45	MexicoMEXCentral America	38.052	33.686	43.08
46	HondurasHNDCentral America	36.544	30.826	43.30
47	KenyaKENEastern Africa	36.015	32.158	40.10
48	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	35.840	30.870	41.09
49	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	35.689	30.871	41.14
50	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	35.255	28.101	43.69
51	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	34.184	29.888	38.80
52	GuyanaGUYSouth America	34.070	28.276	40.74
53	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32.976	27.162	40.16
54	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	32.841	26.813	39.74
55	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32.836	26.654	40.46
56	BelizeBLZCentral America	31.774	24.073	41.50
57	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	29.522	24.930	34.56
58	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	29.340	25.233	34.06
59	ParaguayPRYSouth America	29.200	24.783	33.73
60	ColombiaCOLSouth America	28.425	25.522	31.50
61	JordanJORWestern Asia	28.072	25.153	31.16
62	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	27.412	25.338	29.66
63	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	27.228	26.380	28.16
64	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	26.994	25.669	28.37
65	PanamaPANCentral America	26.467	20.014	33.70
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	26.142	20.857	32.79
67	ChileCHLSouth America	26.071	25.144	26.99
68	UruguayURYSouth America	25.848	23.564	28.57
69	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	25.304	21.616	29.51
70	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24.638	21.812	27.75
71	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	24.035	22.466	25.71
72	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	22.714	18.500	27.59
73	ArgentinaARGSouth America	22.404	19.442	25.43
74	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	22.269	19.788	24.98
75	BahamasBHSCaribbean	21.671	20.091	23.31
76	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	21.193	18.596	24.32
77	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	21.078	20.291	21.90
78	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	19.915	16.775	23.50
79	Costa RicaCRICentral America	18.782	17.590	20.02
80	CubaCUBCaribbean	18.353	16.264	20.77
81	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	17.549	17.028	18.08
82	ItalyITASouthern Europe	17.212	16.801	17.65
83	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	17.068	15.269	19.04
84	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	16.462	15.983	16.95
85	PolandPOLEastern Europe	16.196	15.733	16.67
86	DominicaDMACaribbean	16.136	14.418	17.95
87	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	15.253	12.951	17.59
88	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	15.163	14.129	16.19
89	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	13.601	13.136	14.07
90	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	13.366	11.735	15.16
91	SpainESPSouthern Europe	13.186	12.740	13.65
92	United StatesUSANorthern America	12.122	11.850	12.40
93	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	12.087	11.733	12.43
94	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.907	11.476	12.35
95	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	11.766	11.266	12.28
96	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	11.461	11.103	11.81
97	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	11.147	10.852	11.43
98	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	11.089	10.752	11.44
99	CanadaCANNorthern America	10.025	9.743	10.32
100	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	9.813	8.801	10.89
101	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	9.428	9.045	9.82
102	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	8.311	7.998	8.64
103	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	8.298	7.988	8.61
104	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	8.220	7.924	8.51
105	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	8.082	7.851	8.31
106	FranceFRAWestern Europe	8.072	7.778	8.37
107	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	7.904	7.160	8.71
108	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7.764	7.438	8.09
109	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.263	7.032	7.49
110	JapanJPNEastern Asia	7.059	6.862	7.25

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

1Mali96.331
2Bangladesh96.032
3Nepal83.402
4Liberia82.256
5India81.455

Lowest

110Japan7.059
109Sweden7.263
108Norway7.764
107Iceland7.904
106France8.072

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.305. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh88.458
LowestJapan6.862
Middle country: 26.517
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali109.75
LowestJapan7.25
Middle country: 39.27

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 107 in both
10 · 97rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh94.853 → 96.032+1.179
Rwanda61.053 → 61.832+0.779
Zimbabwe35.091 → 35.689+0.598
Namibia32.301 → 32.836+0.535
Madagascar35.495 → 35.840+0.345

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire70.950 → 68.403−2.547
Algeria63.882 → 61.664−2.217
Haiti75.144 → 72.959−2.186
Liberia84.122 → 82.256−1.866
Mauritius28.800 → 26.994−1.806

+ Nicaragua

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Vietnam

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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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 1974.
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 110 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1974). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1974

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