Comoros vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality rate
Comoros
3.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.94 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Child mortality rate over time
- Comoros
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.94 deaths per 100 live births against 3.9 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.56 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | 8.13 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 1980s | 14.85 deaths per 100 live births | 9.52 deaths per 100 live births | 5.33 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 1990s | 10.07 deaths per 100 live births | 7.96 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 2000s | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | 6.64 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1295 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 2010s | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3309 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.14 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0586 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Comoros or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.94 deaths per 100 live births against 3.9 deaths per 100 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Comoros and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Papua New Guinea?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Papua New Guinea rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Comoros ranks 42nd 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. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .