Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
Congo
3.91 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.94 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Congo
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.94 deaths per 100 live births against 3.91 deaths per 100 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 199 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 28.77 deaths per 100 live births | 27.57 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 1950s | 24.07 deaths per 100 live births | 23.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4445 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 1960s | 16.5 deaths per 100 live births | 17.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7496 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 12.24 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1941 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 9.69 deaths per 100 live births | 9.52 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1711 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 1990s | 10.29 deaths per 100 live births | 7.96 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 2000s | 8.91 deaths per 100 live births | 6.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1294 deaths per 100 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 4.17 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0266 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 vs. gdp per capita, Congo or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.94 deaths per 100 live births against 3.91 deaths per 100 live births in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. gdp per capita between Congo and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Papua New Guinea?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Papua New Guinea rank globally for child mortality vs. gdp per capita?
- Congo ranks 40th 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) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. GDP per capita. 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 .