Data for 1975

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1975

1975, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1975 covers 113 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 96.156; Sweden is lowest, at 6.729. The middle country reads 28.774. Against 1974, 110 values changed (9 up, 101 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1975

HighestBangladesh

96.156

LowestSweden

6.729

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

113countries
3measures per country
1975the year it describes
113distinct 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	96.156	88.59	104.261
2	MaliMLIWestern Africa	95.152	83.68	108.085
3	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	82.231	74.08	91.792
4	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	80.523	69.16	93.349
5	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	80.254	74.67	86.298
6	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	79.456	63.10	100.445
7	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	73.316	66.67	80.584
8	HaitiHTICaribbean	70.743	62.14	80.567
9	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	68.280	59.70	78.189
10	YemenYEMWestern Asia	68.233	60.84	76.286
11	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	65.864	58.37	74.126
12	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	62.662	55.13	71.307
13	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	62.484	55.70	70.085
14	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	61.836	52.76	73.024
15	NigerNERWestern Africa	61.791	53.37	72.094
16	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	59.954	52.02	69.136
17	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	59.335	50.65	68.747
18	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	58.847	53.50	64.577
19	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	56.212	47.16	67.271
20	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	55.910	51.28	60.888
21	BoliviaBOLSouth America	55.430	50.13	61.269
22	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	55.295	48.55	62.854
23	BeninBENWestern Africa	54.815	48.84	61.471
24	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	54.291	47.67	61.541
25	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	54.042	46.35	63.089
26	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	53.183	47.27	59.526
27	TogoTGOWestern Africa	53.143	46.62	60.897
28	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	52.184	45.30	59.734
29	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	51.837	46.55	57.718
30	SenegalSENWestern Africa	51.191	45.90	56.880
31	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	48.585	41.36	56.801
32	OmanOMNWestern Asia	45.685	36.16	57.610
33	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	45.632	40.39	51.139
34	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	44.612	39.95	49.910
35	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	43.343	39.84	47.050
36	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	43.018	36.43	51.059
37	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	42.712	36.51	49.036
38	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	42.099	36.37	48.513
39	BrazilBRASouth America	41.366	36.36	46.801
40	EcuadorECUSouth America	41.048	35.52	47.226
41	NicaraguaNICCentral America	40.193	34.40	46.944
42	PeruPERSouth America	40.050	36.33	43.977
43	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	38.881	34.65	43.578
44	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	38.467	34.20	43.857
45	MexicoMEXCentral America	36.629	32.26	41.607
46	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	36.306	31.52	41.319
47	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	36.168	31.34	41.531
48	KenyaKENEastern Africa	35.241	31.48	39.228
49	HondurasHNDCentral America	35.212	29.64	41.632
50	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	33.994	27.19	42.120
51	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	33.926	29.75	38.331
52	GuyanaGUYSouth America	33.850	27.82	40.549
53	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	33.240	27.11	40.524
54	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32.599	27.00	39.472
55	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	32.362	26.34	39.458
56	BelizeBLZCentral America	31.068	23.90	40.234
57	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	28.774	24.71	33.437
58	ParaguayPRYSouth America	28.745	24.37	33.181
59	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	28.681	24.35	33.310
60	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	28.484	21.65	37.138
61	ColombiaCOLSouth America	27.677	24.83	30.671
62	JordanJORWestern Asia	27.399	24.49	30.382
63	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	26.322	24.55	28.207
64	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	25.856	25.09	26.643
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	25.736	20.90	31.835
66	PanamaPANCentral America	25.553	18.78	32.919
67	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	24.960	23.67	26.313
68	UruguayURYSouth America	24.730	22.65	27.082
69	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24.634	21.82	27.648
70	ChileCHLSouth America	24.303	23.40	25.244
71	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	23.853	20.62	27.434
72	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	22.997	21.51	24.583
73	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	22.418	18.14	27.382
74	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	22.412	19.84	25.319
75	ArgentinaARGSouth America	22.396	20.10	24.710
76	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	22.029	16.39	29.158
77	BahamasBHSCaribbean	21.735	20.15	23.329
78	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	20.946	20.18	21.755
79	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	20.592	17.99	23.832
80	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	19.838	16.78	23.369
81	Costa RicaCRICentral America	17.270	16.34	18.218
82	CubaCUBCaribbean	17.050	15.09	19.258
83	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	16.954	16.46	17.468
84	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	16.138	14.54	17.878
85	DominicaDMACaribbean	16.006	14.35	17.738
86	ItalyITASouthern Europe	15.927	15.54	16.312
87	PolandPOLEastern Europe	15.752	15.30	16.207
88	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	14.949	12.59	17.330
89	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	14.915	14.46	15.372
90	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	14.300	13.29	15.300
91	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	13.199	12.71	13.688
92	IsraelISRWestern Asia	12.904	12.28	13.588
93	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	12.675	11.08	14.387
94	SpainESPSouthern Europe	12.541	12.13	12.960
95	United StatesUSANorthern America	11.453	11.19	11.712
96	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	11.447	11.02	11.871
97	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	11.381	11.03	11.730
98	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	10.722	10.45	10.992
99	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	10.667	10.14	11.202
100	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	10.397	10.08	10.718
101	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	10.392	10.06	10.716
102	CanadaCANNorthern America	9.358	9.10	9.626
103	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	9.340	8.38	10.397
104	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	8.941	8.55	9.339
105	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.953	7.67	8.246
106	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	7.673	7.38	7.970
107	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	7.665	7.37	7.957
108	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	7.655	7.43	7.880
109	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	7.610	7.30	7.917
110	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	7.408	6.71	8.162
111	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7.207	6.88	7.538
112	JapanJPNEastern Asia	6.747	6.56	6.940
113	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	6.729	6.49	6.961

02In 1975

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh96.156
2Mali95.152
3Nepal82.231
4Liberia80.523
5India80.254

Lowest

113Sweden6.729
112Japan6.747
111Norway7.207
110Iceland7.408
109Denmark7.610

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh88.59
LowestSweden6.49
Middle country: 24.83
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali108.085
LowestJapan6.940
Middle country: 37.138

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 110 in both
9 · 101rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda61.832 → 62.484+0.653
Zimbabwe35.689 → 36.168+0.479
Madagascar35.840 → 36.306+0.466
Namibia32.836 → 33.240+0.404
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22.269 → 22.412+0.143

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire68.403 → 65.864−2.540
Algeria61.664 → 59.335−2.330
Haiti72.959 → 70.743−2.216
Mauritius26.994 → 24.960−2.034
Lesotho56.010 → 54.042−1.969

+ Cabo Verde

+ Israel

+ South Africa

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

One year of the 2025 release
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 1975.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 113 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1975). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1975

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