What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Angola and Papua New Guinea?

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Angola ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Papua New Guinea?

45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Angola vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, infant

Angola

32.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

31.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Angola rank

42nd

Papua New Guinea rank

44th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Angola
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Angola currently reports 32.1 per 1,000 live births against 31.3 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 44th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Angola	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1980s	119.87 per 1,000 live births	72.78 per 1,000 live births	47.09 per 1,000 live births	Angola
1990s	117.64 per 1,000 live births	61.61 per 1,000 live births	56.03 per 1,000 live births	Angola
2000s	82.16 per 1,000 live births	51.96 per 1,000 live births	30.2 per 1,000 live births	Angola
2010s	41.04 per 1,000 live births	41.39 per 1,000 live births	0.35 per 1,000 live births	Papua New Guinea
2020s	33.62 per 1,000 live births	33.18 per 1,000 live births	0.44 per 1,000 live births	Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Angola or Papua New Guinea?: Angola, at 32.1 per 1,000 live births against 31.3 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Angola and Papua New Guinea?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Papua New Guinea?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Angola and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Angola ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 44th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (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: 03 September 2026

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