Papua New Guinea vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Papua New Guinea
20.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
19.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
45th
Tanzania rank
46th
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Tanzania
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 19.9 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 45th and Tanzania ranks 46th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40.75 per 1,000 live births | 43.15 per 1,000 live births | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 33.67 per 1,000 live births | 42.78 per 1,000 live births | 9.11 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 31.94 per 1,000 live births | 36.83 per 1,000 live births | 4.89 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 28.53 per 1,000 live births | 28.38 per 1,000 live births | 0.15 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 24.41 per 1,000 live births | 23.58 per 1,000 live births | 0.83 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 20.92 per 1,000 live births | 21.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.22 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Papua New Guinea or Tanzania?
- Papua New Guinea, at 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 19.9 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Papua New Guinea and Tanzania?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Tanzania?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 45th and Tanzania ranks 46th 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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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.