Under-five mortality rate in Papua New Guinea
The under-five mortality rate in Papua New Guinea was 39.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Papua New Guinea, 2024
39.4
Change from 2023
−1.2per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
37.4 per 1,000 live births
Position in 2024
39th of 196
Under-five mortality rate in Papua New Guinea over time
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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.4 per 1,000 live births | 37.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 40.6 per 1,000 live births | 38.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 41.9 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 43.2 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 44.7 per 1,000 live births | 39.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 46.1 per 1,000 live births | 39.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 47.5 per 1,000 live births | 40.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 48.9 per 1,000 live births | 40.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 50.4 per 1,000 live births | 41.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 57.3 per 1,000 live births | 42.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 53.3 per 1,000 live births | 43.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 54.7 per 1,000 live births | 45.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 56.1 per 1,000 live births | 46.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 57.5 per 1,000 live births | 49.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 58.9 per 1,000 live births | 50.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 60.3 per 1,000 live births | 52.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 61.8 per 1,000 live births | 54.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 63.2 per 1,000 live births | 57.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 64.6 per 1,000 live births | 59.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 65.9 per 1,000 live births | 62.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 67.2 per 1,000 live births | 65.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 68.4 per 1,000 live births | 68.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 69.6 per 1,000 live births | 71.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 70.8 per 1,000 live births | 74.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 72.0 per 1,000 live births | 76.7 per 1,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.2 from 40.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 53.3 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −13.9.
- Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 39th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 37.4 per 1,000 live births.
More for Papua New Guinea
All statistics for Papua New Guinea
Infant mortality rate
31.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
189 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
66.1 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
12.8 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
59.0 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
32
2023 · WHO