Data for 1982

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1982

1982, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1982 covers 136 countries on 3 measures. Bangladesh is highest, at 84.99; Japan is lowest, at 4.26. The middle country reads 25.26. Against 1981, 128 values changed (7 up, 121 down), 8 countries joined.

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Neonatal Mortality Rate · Data for 1982

HighestBangladesh

84.99

LowestJapan

4.26

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

136countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
136distinct 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	84.99	79.563	90.701
2	MaliMLIWestern Africa	78.61	70.108	87.520
3	GuineaGINWestern Africa	73.99	64.713	85.104
4	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	72.25	65.827	79.474
5	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	70.09	60.604	80.766
6	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	70.05	64.729	75.607
7	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	68.92	64.757	73.535
8	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	68.66	57.068	83.856
9	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	66.58	59.300	74.856
10	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	63.69	54.562	74.268
11	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	58.63	51.476	67.387
12	NigerNERWestern Africa	57.22	50.029	65.371
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	57.06	50.243	64.817
14	YemenYEMWestern Asia	55.32	50.095	61.166
15	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	54.88	49.040	61.412
16	HaitiHTICaribbean	54.47	47.869	61.817
17	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	54.26	45.058	65.428
18	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	54.19	48.285	60.694
19	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	54.16	42.822	68.381
20	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	53.31	47.081	60.793
21	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	53.15	45.209	62.461
22	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	52.84	47.545	58.947
23	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	51.45	45.495	57.859
24	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	50.62	44.810	56.874
25	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	50.24	45.639	55.030
26	BeninBENWestern Africa	49.95	44.717	55.409
27	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	49.54	44.106	55.929
28	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	49.25	45.325	53.608
29	TogoTGOWestern Africa	48.30	42.627	54.780
30	BoliviaBOLSouth America	47.79	43.583	52.412
31	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	46.81	41.207	53.418
32	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	46.24	41.837	50.968
33	SenegalSENWestern Africa	45.75	41.356	50.400
34	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	44.74	39.949	50.072
35	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.97	39.431	49.084
36	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	43.52	37.452	50.606
37	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	41.95	37.711	46.676
38	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	41.71	37.328	46.458
39	EritreaERIEastern Africa	41.47	35.043	48.728
40	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	41.34	36.661	46.352
41	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	40.87	34.230	48.334
42	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	36.50	32.783	40.449
43	PeruPERSouth America	36.36	33.268	39.695
44	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	36.23	33.410	39.197
45	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	35.10	29.862	40.612
46	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	34.77	31.119	38.725
47	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	33.40	29.164	38.200
48	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	33.23	28.871	38.243
49	BrazilBRASouth America	32.88	29.056	37.083
50	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32.46	27.313	38.442
51	GuyanaGUYSouth America	31.81	25.472	38.052
52	EcuadorECUSouth America	31.59	27.229	36.441
53	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	31.23	28.127	34.631
54	KenyaKENEastern Africa	31.09	27.944	34.566
55	OmanOMNWestern Asia	30.45	24.506	37.443
56	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	30.23	23.829	38.761
57	GabonGABMiddle Africa	29.86	23.976	36.909
58	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	29.73	24.620	35.839
59	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	29.69	25.921	34.072
60	HondurasHNDCentral America	29.40	25.711	33.613
61	NicaraguaNICCentral America	29.11	25.544	33.224
62	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	28.29	24.802	31.573
63	MexicoMEXCentral America	28.04	24.539	31.941
64	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	27.39	20.999	35.579
65	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	27.05	22.038	33.113
66	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	25.96	22.478	29.452
67	ParaguayPRYSouth America	25.44	21.436	29.292
68	BelizeBLZCentral America	25.33	20.450	31.332
69	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	25.18	20.437	30.964
70	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	25.14	21.363	29.134
71	JordanJORWestern Asia	24.95	22.600	27.590
72	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	24.65	20.104	29.431
73	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	23.87	20.236	28.099
74	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	23.72	21.178	26.619
75	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	23.50	20.220	27.055
76	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	23.00	18.622	28.218
77	ColombiaCOLSouth America	22.25	20.132	24.418
78	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	21.49	16.887	27.090
79	PanamaPANCentral America	21.21	13.620	29.221
80	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	20.78	16.533	26.147
81	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	20.69	17.719	24.020
82	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	20.13	18.206	22.151
83	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	20.09	16.682	23.791
84	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	18.33	12.350	26.789
85	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	18.30	17.592	19.037
86	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	18.20	16.869	19.544
87	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	18.08	17.150	19.018
88	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	17.99	16.128	19.999
89	BahamasBHSCaribbean	17.35	15.866	18.866
90	ArgentinaARGSouth America	16.14	15.566	16.693
91	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	15.83	14.635	17.081
92	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	15.77	14.606	16.982
93	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	15.52	15.015	16.009
94	UruguayURYSouth America	15.50	12.016	18.983
95	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	15.25	13.098	17.921
96	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	14.04	13.257	14.789
97	PolandPOLEastern Europe	13.63	13.265	14.008
98	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	13.56	13.071	14.030
99	DominicaDMACaribbean	13.37	11.998	14.770
100	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	12.42	11.926	12.919
101	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	12.00	9.679	14.695
102	ChileCHLSouth America	11.93	11.500	12.382
103	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	11.86	11.529	12.202
104	CubaCUBCaribbean	11.83	10.459	13.339
105	Costa RicaCRICentral America	11.20	10.684	11.704
106	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	10.94	9.129	12.955
107	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	10.61	9.872	11.430
108	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	10.56	9.782	11.346
109	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	10.43	10.037	10.822
110	ItalyITASouthern Europe	9.86	9.606	10.105
111	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	9.66	9.297	10.029
112	IsraelISRWestern Asia	8.90	8.559	9.258
113	SpainESPSouthern Europe	8.21	7.959	8.475
114	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	7.89	7.598	8.179
115	United StatesUSANorthern America	7.76	7.561	7.949
116	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	7.72	6.577	9.025
117	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	7.61	7.225	8.019
118	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	7.06	6.551	7.583
119	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	6.94	6.425	7.458
120	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	6.77	6.526	7.009
121	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	6.42	6.233	6.617
122	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	6.36	6.137	6.595
123	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6.35	6.075	6.636
124	CanadaCANNorthern America	5.92	5.736	6.103
125	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	5.67	4.798	6.490
126	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	5.60	5.295	5.903
127	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.32	5.140	5.502
128	FranceFRAWestern Europe	5.20	4.994	5.425
129	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.97	4.751	5.189
130	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	4.92	4.672	5.187
131	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	4.87	4.356	5.450
132	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.69	4.437	4.952
133	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.57	4.399	4.742
134	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.56	4.361	4.745
135	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	4.55	4.332	4.761
136	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.26	4.135	4.384

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

1Bangladesh84.99
2Mali78.61
3Guinea73.99
4Nepal72.25
5Liberia70.09

Lowest

136Japan4.26
135Finland4.55
134Sweden4.56
133Germany4.57
132Norway4.69

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 25.26. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh79.563
LowestJapan4.135
Middle country: 21.270
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestBangladesh90.701
LowestJapan4.384
Middle country: 29.441

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 128 in both
7 · 121rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar40.56 → 41.95+1.39
Zambia34.55 → 34.77+0.22
Lebanon29.57 → 29.69+0.12
Guinea73.89 → 73.99+0.10
Cabo Verde20.03 → 20.09+0.07

Fell most

Algeria44.64 → 41.34−3.30
Mali81.67 → 78.61−3.06
Rwanda55.60 → 52.84−2.77
Cambodia49.53 → 46.81−2.72
Sri Lanka21.00 → 18.30−2.70

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Czechia

+ Croatia

+ Laos

+ Moldova

+ North Macedonia

+ Slovakia

+ Slovenia

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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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 136 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1982). Neonatal Mortality Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neonatal-mortality/1982

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