Namibia vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Namibia
35.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
36 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Namibia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 36 per 1,000 live births against 35.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Namibia ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.97 per 1,000 live births | 146.97 per 1,000 live births | 56 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 93.93 per 1,000 live births | 118.75 per 1,000 live births | 24.82 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 83.61 per 1,000 live births | 90.5 per 1,000 live births | 6.89 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 68.07 per 1,000 live births | 75.42 per 1,000 live births | 7.35 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 63.86 per 1,000 live births | 62.32 per 1,000 live births | 1.54 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
| 2010s | 45.14 per 1,000 live births | 49.31 per 1,000 live births | 4.17 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 37.7 per 1,000 live births | 38.48 per 1,000 live births | 0.78 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, Namibia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 36 per 1,000 live births against 35.4 per 1,000 live births in Namibia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Namibia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Papua New Guinea?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Namibia ranks 42nd 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.