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

Comoros
42.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
42.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
43rd
Papua New Guinea rank
41st

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Comoros
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 42.5 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.3 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 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st 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 204.3 per 1,000 live births 123.34 per 1,000 live births 80.96 per 1,000 live births Comoros
1980s 155.19 per 1,000 live births 99.72 per 1,000 live births 55.47 per 1,000 live births Comoros
1990s 106.55 per 1,000 live births 83.64 per 1,000 live births 22.91 per 1,000 live births Comoros
2000s 72.4 per 1,000 live births 70.16 per 1,000 live births 2.24 per 1,000 live births Comoros
2010s 53.6 per 1,000 live births 56.65 per 1,000 live births 3.05 per 1,000 live births Papua New Guinea
2020s 44.74 per 1,000 live births 45.2 per 1,000 live births 0.46 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, male, Comoros or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 42.5 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Comoros and Papua New Guinea?
0.3 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, male?
Comoros ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st 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, male (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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.