Data for 1978

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1978

1978, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1978 covers 122 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 93.30; Sweden is lowest, at 5.49. The middle country reads 28.19. Against 1977, 121 values changed (9 up, 112 down), 1 country joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1978

HighestBangladesh

93.30

LowestSweden

5.49

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

122countries
3measures per country
1978the year it describes
122distinct 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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	93.30	86.38	100.709
2	MaliMLIWestern Africa	90.10	80.06	101.141
3	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	78.47	71.25	87.083
4	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	77.09	62.75	94.618
5	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	76.03	65.58	87.977
6	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	75.57	70.63	80.790
7	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	72.30	66.03	79.027
8	GuineaGINWestern Africa	71.21	61.17	82.280
9	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	67.09	58.67	76.390
10	HaitiHTICaribbean	63.62	55.47	72.790
11	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	63.43	54.10	74.033
12	YemenYEMWestern Asia	62.96	56.51	70.251
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	62.70	55.05	71.413
14	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	62.23	55.60	69.917
15	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	61.22	53.00	71.176
16	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	59.41	52.98	66.900
17	NigerNERWestern Africa	58.85	51.09	67.751
18	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	58.73	52.21	66.198
19	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	55.92	49.03	63.700
20	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	55.35	50.70	60.394
21	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	54.55	46.04	64.714
22	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	54.52	48.51	61.351
23	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	53.17	46.88	60.370
24	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	53.10	48.64	58.156
25	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	53.06	46.41	60.414
26	BeninBENWestern Africa	52.79	47.17	58.798
27	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	52.44	45.88	59.589
28	BoliviaBOLSouth America	51.50	46.65	56.740
29	TogoTGOWestern Africa	50.92	44.79	57.906
30	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	50.66	45.55	56.210
31	SenegalSENWestern Africa	48.22	43.46	53.454
32	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	47.60	39.93	56.397
33	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	47.20	40.21	55.025
34	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	47.01	41.71	52.641
35	EritreaERIEastern Africa	45.83	37.94	55.765
36	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	45.13	40.13	50.464
37	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.57	38.48	49.083
38	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	40.71	36.42	45.267
39	OmanOMNWestern Asia	40.15	32.35	50.293
40	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	40.14	37.05	43.522
41	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	38.46	32.61	44.796
42	PeruPERSouth America	38.00	34.57	41.585
43	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	37.80	33.55	42.618
44	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	37.69	32.70	43.343
45	BrazilBRASouth America	37.22	32.83	41.999
46	EcuadorECUSouth America	37.00	32.04	42.858
47	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	36.48	32.81	40.393
48	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	35.96	31.34	41.392
49	NicaraguaNICCentral America	35.21	30.60	40.515
50	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	34.07	30.23	38.196
51	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	33.82	30.05	38.215
52	KenyaKENEastern Africa	33.33	29.86	37.162
53	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	33.07	27.64	39.578
54	GuyanaGUYSouth America	33.02	26.70	39.787
55	HondurasHNDCentral America	32.72	27.91	37.984
56	MexicoMEXCentral America	32.41	28.28	37.067
57	GabonGABMiddle Africa	31.89	25.14	40.265
58	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	31.64	26.93	37.382
59	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	31.09	25.29	37.701
60	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	30.81	24.83	38.053
61	BelizeBLZCentral America	28.93	22.82	36.523
62	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	27.46	23.65	31.433
63	ParaguayPRYSouth America	27.33	22.95	31.705
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	27.28	21.57	33.926
65	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	27.10	23.19	31.388
66	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	27.00	21.08	33.689
67	JordanJORWestern Asia	25.98	23.36	28.791
68	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	25.50	18.52	34.936
69	ColombiaCOLSouth America	25.26	22.77	27.862
70	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	24.98	20.87	29.891
71	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24.75	22.02	27.817
72	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	24.50	23.35	25.722
73	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	24.11	20.64	28.012
74	PanamaPANCentral America	23.60	16.02	31.840
75	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	22.58	20.20	25.109
76	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	21.78	17.40	27.134
77	ArgentinaARGSouth America	21.50	20.76	22.276
78	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	21.31	20.23	22.433
79	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	20.94	18.78	23.216
80	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	20.68	17.52	24.242
81	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	20.58	16.52	25.153
82	BahamasBHSCaribbean	20.15	18.66	21.704
83	UruguayURYSouth America	20.01	17.41	22.326
84	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	19.96	19.41	20.509
85	ChileCHLSouth America	19.66	18.94	20.344
86	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	19.20	17.88	20.648
87	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	18.89	16.33	22.040
88	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	17.48	16.86	18.094
89	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	16.69	13.05	20.927
90	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	16.22	14.82	17.716
91	CubaCUBCaribbean	15.97	14.11	17.974
92	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	15.09	14.68	15.501
93	DominicaDMACaribbean	14.97	13.42	16.603
94	PolandPOLEastern Europe	14.44	14.02	14.854
95	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.64	11.43	15.914
96	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13.25	12.45	14.080
97	ItalyITASouthern Europe	13.11	12.79	13.424
98	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	12.29	11.46	13.192
99	IsraelISRWestern Asia	11.23	10.78	11.680
100	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	11.22	10.79	11.681
101	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	10.52	10.14	10.892
102	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	10.36	8.90	11.994
103	SpainESPSouthern Europe	10.03	9.70	10.364
104	United StatesUSANorthern America	9.47	9.25	9.691
105	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	9.15	8.78	9.541
106	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	9.13	8.69	9.568
107	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	8.85	8.61	9.084
108	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	8.77	8.47	9.070
109	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	8.16	7.90	8.434
110	CanadaCANNorthern America	7.78	7.55	8.003
111	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	7.65	6.79	8.581
112	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	7.37	7.00	7.739
113	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	7.15	6.90	7.406
114	FranceFRAWestern Europe	6.87	6.62	7.135
115	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	6.43	6.23	6.632
116	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	6.23	5.96	6.494
117	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	6.08	5.46	6.738
118	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.99	5.75	6.240
119	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5.90	5.61	6.175
120	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5.76	5.47	6.053
121	JapanJPNEastern Asia	5.69	5.53	5.851
122	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	5.49	5.28	5.707

02In 1978

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh93.30
2Mali90.10
3Nepal78.47
4Comoros77.09
5Liberia76.03

Lowest

122Sweden5.49
121Japan5.69
120Norway5.76
119Denmark5.90
118Finland5.99

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh86.38
LowestSweden5.28
Middle country: 23.51
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMali101.141
LowestSweden5.707
Middle country: 35.730

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 121 in both
9 · 112rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea70.12 → 71.21+1.09
Madagascar37.32 → 37.80+0.48
Saint Lucia15.78 → 16.22+0.43
Syria20.34 → 20.68+0.34
Tanzania43.28 → 43.57+0.29

Fell most

Cambodia66.12 → 63.43−2.68
Haiti66.11 → 63.62−2.49
Algeria54.76 → 52.44−2.33
Lesotho49.76 → 47.60−2.16
Oman42.17 → 40.15−2.02

+ United Arab Emirates

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 1978.
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 122 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1978). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1978

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