Myanmar vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, neonatal

Myanmar
19.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
20.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Myanmar rank
47th
Papua New Guinea rank
45th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

  • Myanmar
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 19.6 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 47th and Papua New Guinea ranks 45th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Myanmar Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1980s 47 per 1,000 live births 31.4 per 1,000 live births 15.6 per 1,000 live births Myanmar
1990s 42.39 per 1,000 live births 31.94 per 1,000 live births 10.45 per 1,000 live births Myanmar
2000s 32.88 per 1,000 live births 28.53 per 1,000 live births 4.35 per 1,000 live births Myanmar
2010s 24.84 per 1,000 live births 24.41 per 1,000 live births 0.43 per 1,000 live births Myanmar
2020s 20.6 per 1,000 live births 20.92 per 1,000 live births 0.32 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, neonatal, Myanmar or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 19.6 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Myanmar 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 Myanmar and Papua New Guinea?
36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Myanmar and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
Myanmar 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.