Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Congo
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
36 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Congo
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 36 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Congo ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158.56 per 1,000 live births | 165.88 per 1,000 live births | 7.32 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 116.6 per 1,000 live births | 118.75 per 1,000 live births | 2.15 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 91.38 per 1,000 live births | 90.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.88 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 1990s | 96.9 per 1,000 live births | 75.42 per 1,000 live births | 21.48 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2000s | 83.55 per 1,000 live births | 62.32 per 1,000 live births | 21.23 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 50.02 per 1,000 live births | 49.31 per 1,000 live births | 0.71 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 38 per 1,000 live births | 38.48 per 1,000 live births | 0.48 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, Congo or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 36 per 1,000 live births against 35.5 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Congo 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 Congo and Papua New Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Congo 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
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.