Gambia vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Gambia
37.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
36 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia rank
37th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Gambia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 37.7 per 1,000 live births against 36 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 197 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 318.63 per 1,000 live births | 165.88 per 1,000 live births | 152.75 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 254.51 per 1,000 live births | 118.75 per 1,000 live births | 135.76 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 190.13 per 1,000 live births | 90.5 per 1,000 live births | 99.63 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 132.49 per 1,000 live births | 75.42 per 1,000 live births | 57.07 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2000s | 86.04 per 1,000 live births | 62.32 per 1,000 live births | 23.72 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2010s | 54.69 per 1,000 live births | 49.31 per 1,000 live births | 5.38 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2020s | 40.48 per 1,000 live births | 38.48 per 1,000 live births | 2 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Gambia or Papua New Guinea?
- Gambia, at 37.7 per 1,000 live births against 36 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
- 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Gambia ranks 37th 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.