Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, infant, male
Mauritania
33.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
33.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
47th
Papua New Guinea rank
45th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Mauritania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 33.9 per 1,000 live births against 33.4 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Mauritania ranks 47th and Papua New Guinea ranks 45th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 136.13 per 1,000 live births | 134.65 per 1,000 live births | 1.48 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 126.48 per 1,000 live births | 98.65 per 1,000 live births | 27.83 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 94.48 per 1,000 live births | 76.89 per 1,000 live births | 17.59 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 79.59 per 1,000 live births | 65.23 per 1,000 live births | 14.36 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 60.44 per 1,000 live births | 55.33 per 1,000 live births | 5.11 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 42.89 per 1,000 live births | 44.49 per 1,000 live births | 1.6 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 35.42 per 1,000 live births | 35.92 per 1,000 live births | 0.5 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 33.9 per 1,000 live births against 33.4 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Mauritania ranks 47th 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
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.