Data for 1977
Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977
1977, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977 covers 121 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 94.459; Sweden is lowest, at 5.842. The middle country reads 29.679. Against 1976, 115 values changed (10 up, 105 down), 6 countries joined.
Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1977
HighestBangladesh
94.459LowestSweden
5.842Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 121 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94.459 | 87.195 | 102.225 | |
| 2 | 92.089 | 81.721 | 103.767 | |
| 3 | 79.887 | 72.406 | 88.740 | |
| 4 | 78.271 | 63.474 | 96.752 | |
| 5 | 77.393 | 66.688 | 89.724 | |
| 6 | 77.267 | 72.031 | 82.793 | |
| 7 | 72.684 | 66.269 | 79.534 | |
| 8 | 70.122 | 59.417 | 81.511 | |
| 9 | 66.978 | 58.068 | 76.790 | |
| 10 | 66.117 | 55.564 | 78.006 | |
| 11 | 66.108 | 57.778 | 75.391 | |
| 12 | 64.795 | 57.937 | 72.263 | |
| 13 | 64.518 | 56.702 | 73.733 | |
| 14 | 62.888 | 56.184 | 70.615 | |
| 15 | 61.594 | 53.085 | 71.811 | |
| 16 | 61.272 | 54.541 | 68.961 | |
| 17 | 59.968 | 51.942 | 69.263 | |
| 18 | 59.907 | 53.114 | 67.718 | |
| 19 | 57.269 | 50.100 | 65.479 | |
| 20 | 56.555 | 51.630 | 61.771 | |
| 21 | 55.054 | 46.371 | 65.710 | |
| 22 | 54.927 | 48.586 | 61.912 | |
| 23 | 54.763 | 47.293 | 62.735 | |
| 24 | 53.966 | 49.508 | 58.906 | |
| 25 | 53.587 | 47.304 | 60.787 | |
| 26 | 53.455 | 47.779 | 59.592 | |
| 27 | 52.800 | 46.189 | 60.152 | |
| 28 | 52.772 | 47.816 | 58.205 | |
| 29 | 51.712 | 45.440 | 58.920 | |
| 30 | 51.519 | 46.170 | 57.437 | |
| 31 | 49.763 | 42.078 | 58.743 | |
| 32 | 49.321 | 44.329 | 54.644 | |
| 33 | 48.656 | 43.235 | 54.433 | |
| 34 | 47.787 | 40.687 | 55.729 | |
| 35 | 46.720 | 38.246 | 57.804 | |
| 36 | 45.235 | 40.178 | 50.684 | |
| 37 | 43.282 | 37.946 | 49.022 | |
| 38 | 42.170 | 33.952 | 52.583 | |
| 39 | 41.947 | 37.496 | 46.680 | |
| 40 | 41.141 | 37.885 | 44.637 | |
| 41 | 39.874 | 33.706 | 46.703 | |
| 42 | 39.101 | 33.884 | 44.959 | |
| 43 | 38.582 | 33.930 | 43.509 | |
| 44 | 38.533 | 35.030 | 42.167 | |
| 45 | 38.288 | 33.054 | 44.387 | |
| 46 | 37.536 | 33.666 | 41.685 | |
| 47 | 37.316 | 32.883 | 42.161 | |
| 48 | 37.038 | 32.075 | 42.791 | |
| 49 | 36.128 | 31.394 | 41.541 | |
| 50 | 35.355 | 31.452 | 40.016 | |
| 51 | 33.946 | 30.346 | 37.881 | |
| 52 | 33.892 | 29.984 | 38.164 | |
| 53 | 33.788 | 29.432 | 38.706 | |
| 54 | 33.531 | 28.430 | 39.165 | |
| 55 | 33.319 | 27.600 | 40.162 | |
| 56 | 33.312 | 27.046 | 40.064 | |
| 57 | 32.545 | 25.295 | 41.479 | |
| 58 | 32.177 | 27.166 | 38.310 | |
| 59 | 31.822 | 25.566 | 39.200 | |
| 60 | 31.477 | 25.570 | 38.297 | |
| 61 | 29.679 | 23.265 | 37.847 | |
| 62 | 27.881 | 23.911 | 32.101 | |
| 63 | 27.806 | 23.345 | 32.200 | |
| 64 | 27.692 | 21.346 | 34.967 | |
| 65 | 27.632 | 23.646 | 32.048 | |
| 66 | 27.619 | 21.679 | 34.482 | |
| 67 | 26.343 | 23.629 | 29.248 | |
| 68 | 26.070 | 23.486 | 28.786 | |
| 69 | 26.064 | 18.165 | 37.281 | |
| 70 | 25.197 | 20.862 | 30.431 | |
| 71 | 24.756 | 23.586 | 26.018 | |
| 72 | 24.746 | 21.960 | 27.781 | |
| 73 | 24.210 | 16.678 | 32.122 | |
| 74 | 24.195 | 20.504 | 28.281 | |
| 75 | 22.856 | 20.419 | 25.557 | |
| 76 | 22.329 | 21.456 | 23.235 | |
| 77 | 22.225 | 21.136 | 23.364 | |
| 78 | 21.983 | 17.569 | 27.248 | |
| 79 | 21.850 | 21.174 | 22.502 | |
| 80 | 21.681 | 19.245 | 24.337 | |
| 81 | 21.290 | 19.416 | 23.009 | |
| 82 | 21.276 | 20.551 | 21.992 | |
| 83 | 20.982 | 16.442 | 26.288 | |
| 84 | 20.954 | 19.404 | 22.554 | |
| 85 | 20.407 | 19.031 | 21.884 | |
| 86 | 20.342 | 17.250 | 23.903 | |
| 87 | 19.471 | 16.880 | 22.700 | |
| 88 | 19.011 | 18.359 | 19.676 | |
| 89 | 16.171 | 14.272 | 18.205 | |
| 90 | 15.899 | 15.436 | 16.365 | |
| 91 | 15.782 | 14.346 | 17.326 | |
| 92 | 15.311 | 13.734 | 16.984 | |
| 93 | 14.848 | 14.426 | 15.273 | |
| 94 | 14.652 | 13.796 | 15.515 | |
| 95 | 14.296 | 12.018 | 16.587 | |
| 96 | 13.935 | 13.586 | 14.273 | |
| 97 | 12.867 | 11.965 | 13.783 | |
| 98 | 11.835 | 11.381 | 12.297 | |
| 99 | 11.831 | 11.394 | 12.298 | |
| 100 | 11.763 | 11.372 | 12.153 | |
| 101 | 11.183 | 9.645 | 12.843 | |
| 102 | 11.057 | 10.707 | 11.432 | |
| 103 | 10.189 | 9.951 | 10.423 | |
| 104 | 10.028 | 9.642 | 10.421 | |
| 105 | 9.586 | 9.274 | 9.891 | |
| 106 | 9.568 | 9.308 | 9.828 | |
| 107 | 9.390 | 8.895 | 9.899 | |
| 108 | 8.867 | 8.582 | 9.163 | |
| 109 | 8.301 | 8.055 | 8.548 | |
| 110 | 8.268 | 7.993 | 8.539 | |
| 111 | 8.260 | 7.364 | 9.277 | |
| 112 | 7.908 | 7.549 | 8.278 | |
| 113 | 7.552 | 7.276 | 7.832 | |
| 114 | 6.818 | 6.617 | 7.029 | |
| 115 | 6.656 | 6.383 | 6.930 | |
| 116 | 6.510 | 6.249 | 6.768 | |
| 117 | 6.480 | 5.824 | 7.155 | |
| 118 | 6.369 | 6.084 | 6.651 | |
| 119 | 6.200 | 5.904 | 6.493 | |
| 120 | 6.065 | 5.897 | 6.231 | |
| 121 | 5.842 | 5.627 | 6.060 |
02In 1977
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Bangladesh94.459
- 2
Mali92.089
- 3
Nepal79.887
- 4
Comoros78.271
- 5
Liberia77.393
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.679. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Bangladesh87.195
Lowest
Sweden5.627
Middle country: 23.911
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Mali103.767
Lowest
Sweden6.060
Middle country: 37.847
031976 → 1977
Since 1976
What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +6 / −0countries joined / left
- 115values changed, of 115 in both
- 10 · 105rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Guinea69.405 → 70.122+0.717
Madagascar36.784 → 37.316+0.532
Tanzania42.915 → 43.282+0.367
Syria19.983 → 20.342+0.359
Uganda52.478 → 52.800+0.322
Fell most
Lebanon34.758 → 32.177−2.582
Haiti68.478 → 66.108−2.370
Algeria57.012 → 54.763−2.249
Côte d’Ivoire63.416 → 61.272−2.144
Lesotho51.901 → 49.763−2.138
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 1977.
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 121 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN IGME’s own file, on its own site.
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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1977). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1977
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07Questions
Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977: questions and answers
Which country has the highest neonatal mortality rate in Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977?
Bangladesh, at 94.459, of the 121 countries in the file.
What year does Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977 describe?
1977.
How many countries does Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977 cover?
121.
Where can I download Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1977 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Neonatal Mortality Rate, 2024.