Data for 1980

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1980

1980, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1980 covers 127 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 89.706; Japan is lowest, at 4.933. The middle country reads 27.210. Against 1979, 125 values changed (5 up, 120 down), 2 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1980

HighestBangladesh

89.706

LowestJapan

4.933

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

127countries
3measures per country
1980the year it describes
127distinct 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	89.706	83.574	96.45
2	MaliMLIWestern Africa	84.806	75.545	94.70
3	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	75.360	68.514	83.24
4	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	73.360	60.240	90.36
5	GuineaGINWestern Africa	73.268	64.032	83.84
6	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	73.169	63.150	84.69
7	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	72.150	67.760	76.98
8	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	71.330	65.503	77.60
9	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	67.285	59.400	76.02
10	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	63.703	53.840	75.05
11	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	60.012	52.309	69.49
12	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	59.544	52.455	67.58
13	YemenYEMWestern Asia	59.212	53.415	65.85
14	HaitiHTICaribbean	58.806	51.433	67.26
15	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	58.286	52.283	65.31
16	NigerNERWestern Africa	57.363	49.978	65.71
17	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	56.663	50.396	63.60
18	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	56.486	50.293	63.36
19	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	55.898	43.316	72.22
20	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	53.882	47.890	60.89
21	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	53.599	45.461	63.11
22	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	53.440	47.181	60.57
23	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	52.638	48.312	57.37
24	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	52.547	46.145	59.64
25	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	52.487	45.316	60.73
26	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	51.825	45.768	58.72
27	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	51.725	47.146	56.77
28	BeninBENWestern Africa	51.264	45.908	57.18
29	TogoTGOWestern Africa	49.421	43.526	56.05
30	BoliviaBOLSouth America	49.354	44.867	54.23
31	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	48.641	43.856	53.71
32	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	47.496	42.051	53.38
33	SenegalSENWestern Africa	46.707	42.157	51.64
34	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	45.506	38.885	52.89
35	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	44.947	40.115	50.28
36	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	44.033	39.379	48.91
37	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.794	38.941	49.24
38	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	43.595	36.536	51.81
39	EritreaERIEastern Africa	43.546	36.678	51.95
40	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	40.067	35.831	44.82
41	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	38.386	34.411	42.65
42	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	38.220	35.322	41.39
43	PeruPERSouth America	37.330	34.009	40.91
44	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	36.403	30.641	42.35
45	OmanOMNWestern Asia	35.432	28.507	44.03
46	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	35.301	30.833	40.29
47	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	35.274	30.633	40.57
48	BrazilBRASouth America	34.994	30.809	39.52
49	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	34.388	30.600	38.37
50	EcuadorECUSouth America	34.335	29.701	39.72
51	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	33.838	30.371	37.66
52	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32.716	27.620	38.92
53	GuyanaGUYSouth America	32.347	25.964	38.84
54	KenyaKENEastern Africa	32.132	28.979	35.71
55	NicaraguaNICCentral America	31.643	27.660	36.22
56	HondurasHNDCentral America	31.080	26.819	35.85
57	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	30.937	27.451	34.65
58	GabonGABMiddle Africa	30.780	24.436	38.35
59	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	30.296	24.720	36.75
60	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	30.274	26.109	35.38
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	30.024	26.294	34.30
62	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	29.165	22.247	38.26
63	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	28.829	23.319	35.35
64	BelizeBLZCentral America	27.210	21.612	33.90
65	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	26.660	22.990	30.31
66	ParaguayPRYSouth America	26.375	22.085	30.49
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	26.349	21.292	32.57
68	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	26.110	22.215	30.21
69	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	25.640	20.562	31.13
70	JordanJORWestern Asia	25.468	23.038	28.17
71	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24.463	21.876	27.52
72	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	24.440	20.619	28.99
73	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	24.334	18.821	31.28
74	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	24.030	20.621	27.76
75	ColombiaCOLSouth America	23.682	21.338	26.07
76	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	23.415	22.533	24.36
77	PanamaPANCentral America	22.473	14.724	30.66
78	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	21.376	17.056	26.91
79	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	21.155	12.843	34.20
80	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	20.867	17.791	24.38
81	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	20.492	18.343	22.88
82	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	20.062	16.804	23.74
83	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	19.766	18.766	20.81
84	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	19.326	17.633	21.06
85	ArgentinaARGSouth America	18.492	17.864	19.12
86	BahamasBHSCaribbean	18.455	17.045	19.90
87	UruguayURYSouth America	17.844	14.339	21.21
88	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	17.502	15.067	20.53
89	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	17.163	15.911	18.48
90	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	16.965	16.476	17.47
91	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	16.336	15.024	17.68
92	ChileCHLSouth America	15.741	15.182	16.30
93	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	15.261	14.719	15.81
94	CubaCUBCaribbean	14.645	12.964	16.48
95	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	14.392	11.434	17.96
96	DominicaDMACaribbean	14.188	12.701	15.68
97	PolandPOLEastern Europe	13.851	13.461	14.25
98	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.347	12.985	13.71
99	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	12.231	10.194	14.38
100	Costa RicaCRICentral America	11.602	10.982	12.21
101	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	11.392	10.626	12.25
102	ItalyITASouthern Europe	11.287	11.016	11.56
103	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	10.440	10.031	10.85
104	IsraelISRWestern Asia	10.008	9.603	10.43
105	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	8.899	8.571	9.22
106	SpainESPSouthern Europe	8.843	8.557	9.13
107	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	8.842	7.527	10.29
108	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	8.629	8.175	9.12
109	United StatesUSANorthern America	8.357	8.149	8.56
110	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	7.683	7.041	8.35
111	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	7.628	7.363	7.90
112	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	7.453	7.251	7.66
113	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	7.410	7.088	7.73
114	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	7.061	6.820	7.31
115	CanadaCANNorthern America	6.755	6.559	6.95
116	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	6.495	5.649	7.33
117	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	6.324	5.986	6.66
118	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.748	5.554	5.94
119	FranceFRAWestern Europe	5.676	5.448	5.91
120	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	5.523	5.286	5.76
121	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	5.455	5.246	5.67
122	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	5.407	4.852	6.03
123	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5.297	5.035	5.57
124	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.122	4.894	5.36
125	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5.048	4.782	5.32
126	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.944	4.742	5.15
127	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.933	4.794	5.08

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh89.706
2Mali84.806
3Nepal75.360
4Comoros73.360
5Guinea73.268

Lowest

127Japan4.933
126Sweden4.944
125Norway5.048
124Finland5.122
123Denmark5.297

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 27.210. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh83.574
LowestSweden4.742
Middle country: 22.990
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh96.45
LowestJapan5.08
Middle country: 34.20

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 125 in both
5 · 120rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar38.306 → 40.067+1.761
Guinea72.343 → 73.268+0.925
Zambia34.231 → 34.388+0.157
Tanzania43.699 → 43.794+0.095
Ethiopia67.243 → 67.285+0.042

Fell most

Cambodia55.613 → 52.487−3.126
Mali87.659 → 84.806−2.852
Algeria50.011 → 47.496−2.515
Oman37.893 → 35.432−2.460
Haiti61.212 → 58.806−2.406

+ Latvia

+ Mozambique

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 1980.
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 127 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1980). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1980

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