Gambia vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality

Gambia
4.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.94 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gambia rank
37th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th

Child mortality over time

  • Gambia
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Gambia currently reports 4.24 deaths per 100 live births against 3.94 deaths per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.3 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 225 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.

Gambia ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 203 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1800s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1810s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1820s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1830s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1840s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1850s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1860s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1870s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1880s 46.02 deaths per 100 live births 42.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.63 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1890s 46.01 deaths per 100 live births 42.38 deaths per 100 live births 3.62 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1900s 45.66 deaths per 100 live births 42.06 deaths per 100 live births 3.6 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1910s 44.72 deaths per 100 live births 41.2 deaths per 100 live births 3.52 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1920s 43.64 deaths per 100 live births 40.21 deaths per 100 live births 3.44 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1930s 42.75 deaths per 100 live births 38.08 deaths per 100 live births 4.67 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1940s 41.92 deaths per 100 live births 33.05 deaths per 100 live births 8.86 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1950s 39.25 deaths per 100 live births 23.63 deaths per 100 live births 15.62 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1960s 33.03 deaths per 100 live births 17.25 deaths per 100 live births 15.78 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1970s 26.6 deaths per 100 live births 12.43 deaths per 100 live births 14.17 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1980s 20.09 deaths per 100 live births 9.52 deaths per 100 live births 10.56 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
1990s 14.13 deaths per 100 live births 7.96 deaths per 100 live births 6.17 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
2000s 9.35 deaths per 100 live births 6.64 deaths per 100 live births 2.71 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
2010s 6.07 deaths per 100 live births 5.31 deaths per 100 live births 0.7653 deaths per 100 live births Gambia
2020s 4.54 deaths per 100 live births 4.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.3485 deaths per 100 live births Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Gambia or Papua New Guinea?
Gambia, at 4.24 deaths per 100 live births against 3.94 deaths per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
0.3 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for child mortality?
Gambia ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
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