Comoros vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Comoros
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
36 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Comoros
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 36 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 188.77 per 1,000 live births 112.83 per 1,000 live births 75.94 per 1,000 live births Comoros
1980s 141.32 per 1,000 live births 90.5 per 1,000 live births 50.82 per 1,000 live births Comoros
1990s 94.39 per 1,000 live births 75.42 per 1,000 live births 18.97 per 1,000 live births Comoros
2000s 62.62 per 1,000 live births 62.32 per 1,000 live births 0.3 per 1,000 live births Comoros
2010s 45.66 per 1,000 live births 49.31 per 1,000 live births 3.65 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2020s 37.68 per 1,000 live births 38.48 per 1,000 live births 0.8 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, under-5, female, Comoros or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 36 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Comoros 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 Comoros and Papua New Guinea?
52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Comoros and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Comoros ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th 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, under-5, female (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.