Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Kenya
3.89 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.98 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.98 deaths per 100 live births against 3.89 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.69 deaths per 100 live births | 8.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2.4 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 7.5 deaths per 100 live births | 6.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6413 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 4.78 deaths per 100 live births | 5.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6496 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.193 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 by household wealth, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.98 deaths per 100 live births against 3.89 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Kenya ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. 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 in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.