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

Papua New Guinea
0.1304 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Palestine
0.1336 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
43rd
Palestine rank
41st

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

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Palestine
00.511.5194819862024

How they compare

Palestine currently reports 0.1336 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1304 under-five deaths per woman in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0032 under-five deaths per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Palestine ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 43rd and Palestine ranks 41st of 200 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Palestine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Palestine Difference Ahead
1970s 0.6812 under-five deaths per woman 0.7142 under-five deaths per woman 0.033 under-five deaths per woman Palestine
1980s 0.5228 under-five deaths per woman 0.4363 under-five deaths per woman 0.0865 under-five deaths per woman Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.3873 under-five deaths per woman 0.2352 under-five deaths per woman 0.1521 under-five deaths per woman Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.2825 under-five deaths per woman 0.1303 under-five deaths per woman 0.1523 under-five deaths per woman Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.1915 under-five deaths per woman 0.0763 under-five deaths per woman 0.1151 under-five deaths per woman Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.1387 under-five deaths per woman 0.0881 under-five deaths per woman 0.0506 under-five deaths per woman Papua New Guinea

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, Papua New Guinea or Palestine?
Palestine, at 0.1336 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 Papua New Guinea and Palestine?
0.0032 under-five deaths per woman, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Palestine?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Palestine rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
Papua New Guinea ranks 43rd and Palestine ranks 41st 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).