Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood

Kenya
0.1329 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1304 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Kenya rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
43rd

Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time

  • Kenya
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1304 under-five deaths per woman in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0025 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 43rd of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 7 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1950s 1.96 under-five deaths per woman 1.37 under-five deaths per woman 0.5823 under-five deaths per woman Kenya
1960s 1.36 under-five deaths per woman 1.06 under-five deaths per woman 0.2908 under-five deaths per woman Kenya
1970s 1.05 under-five deaths per woman 0.7555 under-five deaths per woman 0.2903 under-five deaths per woman Kenya
1980s 0.7016 under-five deaths per woman 0.5228 under-five deaths per woman 0.1788 under-five deaths per woman Kenya
1990s 0.5834 under-five deaths per woman 0.3873 under-five deaths per woman 0.1962 under-five deaths per woman Kenya
2000s 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman 0.2825 under-five deaths per woman 0.0791 under-five deaths per woman Kenya
2010s 0.1853 under-five deaths per woman 0.1915 under-five deaths per woman 0.0062 under-five deaths per woman Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.1388 under-five deaths per woman 0.1387 under-five deaths per woman 0 under-five deaths per woman Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
Kenya, at 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1304 under-five deaths per woman in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
0.0025 under-five deaths per woman, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
Kenya ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 43rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).