Data for 1976

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1976

1976, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1976 covers 115 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 95.15; Sweden is lowest, at 6.25. The middle country reads 28.28. Against 1975, 113 values changed (11 up, 102 down), 2 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1976

HighestBangladesh

95.15

LowestSweden

6.25

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

115countries
3measures per country
1976the year it describes
115distinct 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	95.15	87.77	103.069
2	MaliMLIWestern Africa	93.79	82.87	106.008
3	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	81.15	73.32	90.207
4	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	78.98	63.35	98.328
5	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	78.94	67.83	91.710
6	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	78.83	73.42	84.661
7	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	73.01	66.56	80.062
8	GuineaGINWestern Africa	69.40	57.85	81.753
9	HaitiHTICaribbean	68.48	59.97	77.992
10	YemenYEMWestern Asia	66.56	59.46	74.350
11	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	66.51	58.30	76.056
12	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	63.42	56.48	71.325
13	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	62.83	56.25	70.581
14	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	61.79	52.97	72.375
15	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	61.19	54.06	69.307
16	NigerNERWestern Africa	61.02	52.76	70.671
17	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	58.57	51.02	67.316
18	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	57.71	52.46	63.213
19	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	57.01	48.84	65.681
20	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	55.67	46.69	66.630
21	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	55.17	48.74	62.362
22	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	54.87	50.44	59.781
23	BeninBENWestern Africa	54.13	48.26	60.592
24	BoliviaBOLSouth America	54.09	48.97	59.747
25	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	53.94	47.50	61.097
26	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	52.48	45.67	59.920
27	TogoTGOWestern Africa	52.46	46.09	59.878
28	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	52.34	46.67	58.500
29	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	51.90	44.16	61.118
30	SenegalSENWestern Africa	50.37	45.16	55.887
31	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	50.27	45.05	56.021
32	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	48.25	41.09	56.443
33	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	45.44	40.29	50.853
34	OmanOMNWestern Asia	43.94	35.11	54.933
35	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	43.66	39.13	48.534
36	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	42.92	37.20	48.926
37	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	42.21	38.82	45.831
38	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	41.44	35.08	48.748
39	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	40.62	35.16	46.723
40	BrazilBRASouth America	39.95	35.03	45.326
41	EcuadorECUSouth America	39.66	34.18	45.825
42	PeruPERSouth America	39.20	35.64	43.001
43	NicaraguaNICCentral America	38.67	33.31	44.921
44	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	38.30	34.27	42.778
45	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	36.87	32.72	41.984
46	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	36.78	32.25	41.749
47	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	36.27	31.49	41.520
48	MexicoMEXCentral America	35.21	30.76	40.250
49	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	34.76	29.46	41.261
50	KenyaKENEastern Africa	34.56	30.93	38.531
51	HondurasHNDCentral America	34.31	29.00	40.334
52	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	33.83	29.84	38.156
53	GuyanaGUYSouth America	33.62	27.41	40.263
54	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	33.42	27.34	40.541
55	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	32.85	26.31	40.688
56	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	31.90	25.91	38.823
57	BelizeBLZCentral America	30.38	23.72	39.126
58	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	28.28	24.17	32.712
59	ParaguayPRYSouth America	28.27	23.79	32.731
60	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	28.22	24.18	32.781
61	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	27.96	21.79	35.389
62	ColombiaCOLSouth America	26.88	24.20	29.709
63	JordanJORWestern Asia	26.83	23.96	29.809
64	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	26.63	17.81	40.140
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	25.45	20.89	31.099
66	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	25.40	24.01	26.876
67	PanamaPANCentral America	24.83	17.64	32.445
68	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24.69	21.88	27.658
69	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	23.90	23.23	24.576
70	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	23.37	22.20	24.547
71	UruguayURYSouth America	22.97	21.36	24.628
72	ChileCHLSouth America	22.76	21.99	23.556
73	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	22.68	20.17	25.517
74	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	22.65	19.86	25.713
75	ArgentinaARGSouth America	22.55	21.22	23.884
76	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	22.19	17.87	27.331
77	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	21.70	20.26	23.235
78	BahamasBHSCaribbean	21.52	19.94	23.144
79	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	21.47	16.41	27.659
80	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	20.26	19.55	21.005
81	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	20.03	17.42	23.254
82	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	19.98	16.92	23.564
83	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	16.49	16.02	16.980
84	CubaCUBCaribbean	16.39	14.49	18.453
85	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.08	15.23	16.925
86	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	15.68	14.18	17.316
87	DominicaDMACaribbean	15.65	14.03	17.360
88	PolandPOLEastern Europe	15.30	14.87	15.730
89	ItalyITASouthern Europe	14.82	14.45	15.180
90	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	14.63	12.31	16.961
91	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	13.53	12.56	14.477
92	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	13.28	12.87	13.692
93	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	12.56	12.10	13.021
94	IsraelISRWestern Asia	12.40	11.89	12.914
95	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	11.96	10.40	13.634
96	SpainESPSouthern Europe	11.90	11.54	12.299
97	United StatesUSANorthern America	10.84	10.60	11.092
98	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	10.81	10.39	11.233
99	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	10.51	10.18	10.838
100	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	10.20	9.93	10.464
101	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	9.89	9.38	10.421
102	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	9.63	9.33	9.933
103	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	9.35	9.06	9.644
104	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	8.84	7.88	9.917
105	CanadaCANNorthern America	8.81	8.56	9.069
106	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	8.43	8.07	8.815
107	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.89	7.61	8.173
108	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	7.23	7.02	7.443
109	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	7.14	6.86	7.416
110	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	7.07	6.80	7.347
111	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	6.95	6.65	7.243
112	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.92	6.25	7.638
113	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.68	6.38	6.993
114	JapanJPNEastern Asia	6.42	6.24	6.594
115	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	6.25	6.03	6.475

02In 1976

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh95.15
2Mali93.79
3Nepal81.15
4Comoros78.98
5Liberia78.94

Lowest

115Sweden6.25
114Japan6.42
113Norway6.68
112Iceland6.92
111Denmark6.95

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.28. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh87.77
LowestSweden6.03
Middle country: 24.18
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali106.008
LowestSweden6.475
Middle country: 38.156

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 113 in both
11 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon32.60 → 34.76+2.16
Madagascar36.31 → 36.78+0.48
Rwanda62.48 → 62.83+0.35
Uganda52.18 → 52.48+0.29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22.41 → 22.68+0.27

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire65.86 → 63.42−2.45
Algeria59.33 → 57.01−2.32
Haiti70.74 → 68.48−2.26
Lesotho54.04 → 51.90−2.14
Hungary25.86 → 23.90−1.95

+ Georgia

+ Guinea

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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The site’s method

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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1976). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1976

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