Gambia vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality rate by sex
Gambia
3.77 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.6 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Gambia rank
37th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Gambia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 3.77 deaths per 100 live births against 3.6 deaths per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 199 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 20.6 deaths per 100 live births | 16.08 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1960s | 31.86 deaths per 100 live births | 16.59 deaths per 100 live births | 15.28 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 25.45 deaths per 100 live births | 11.88 deaths per 100 live births | 13.57 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 19.01 deaths per 100 live births | 9.05 deaths per 100 live births | 9.96 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 13.25 deaths per 100 live births | 7.54 deaths per 100 live births | 5.71 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 2000s | 8.6 deaths per 100 live births | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2.37 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 2010s | 5.47 deaths per 100 live births | 4.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5381 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
| 2020s | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 3.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1952 deaths per 100 live births | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Gambia or Papua New Guinea?
- Gambia, at 3.77 deaths per 100 live births against 3.6 deaths per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.17 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Gambia ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .