Which has higher child mortality, Congo or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 3.94 against 3.91 in Congo as of 2024.

What is the difference in child mortality between Congo and Papua New Guinea?

0.03, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

77 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Congo

3.91

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

3.94

in 2024

Congo rank

40th

Papua New Guinea rank

39th

Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.94 against 3.91 in Congo, a difference of 0.03.

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 200 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Decade	Congo	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1940s	28.77	27.58	1.2	Congo
1950s	24.07	23.63	0.446	Congo
1960s	16.51	17.25	0.747	Papua New Guinea
1970s	12.24	12.43	0.195	Papua New Guinea
1980s	9.69	9.52	0.171	Congo
1990s	10.29	7.96	2.33	Congo
2000s	8.91	6.64	2.27	Congo
2010s	5.44	5.31	0.131	Congo
2020s	4.17	4.2	0.028	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Congo or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 3.94 against 3.91 in Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Congo and Papua New Guinea?: 0.03, 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?: Congo ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.