High income vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, infant

High income
4.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
31.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
High income rank
43rd
Papua New Guinea rank
44th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • High income
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 31.3 per 1,000 live births against 4.2 per 1,000 live births in High income, a difference of 27.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 7.5 times High income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

High income ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 44th of 47 groups.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 9.49 per 1,000 live births 61.61 per 1,000 live births 52.12 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2000s 6.58 per 1,000 live births 51.96 per 1,000 live births 45.38 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2010s 4.94 per 1,000 live births 41.39 per 1,000 live births 36.45 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2020s 4.26 per 1,000 live births 33.18 per 1,000 live births 28.92 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, High income or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 31.3 per 1,000 live births against 4.2 per 1,000 live births in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between High income and Papua New Guinea?
27.1 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Papua New Guinea?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do High income and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
High income ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 44th of 47 groups.
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

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