Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, infant, male

Botswana
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
33.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
45th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Botswana
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 35.5 per 1,000 live births against 33.9 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Botswana ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 45th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 116.94 per 1,000 live births 134.65 per 1,000 live births 17.71 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
1970s 88.03 per 1,000 live births 98.65 per 1,000 live births 10.62 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
1980s 54.57 per 1,000 live births 76.89 per 1,000 live births 22.32 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
1990s 44.99 per 1,000 live births 65.23 per 1,000 live births 20.24 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2000s 49.39 per 1,000 live births 55.33 per 1,000 live births 5.94 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2010s 49.89 per 1,000 live births 44.49 per 1,000 live births 5.4 per 1,000 live births Botswana
2020s 37.9 per 1,000 live births 35.92 per 1,000 live births 1.98 per 1,000 live births Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Botswana or Papua New Guinea?
Botswana, at 35.5 per 1,000 live births against 33.9 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Botswana ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 45th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.