Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Congo
42.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
42.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Congo
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 42.5 per 1,000 live births against 42.4 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Congo ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 171.11 per 1,000 live births | 178.85 per 1,000 live births | 7.74 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 127.88 per 1,000 live births | 129.54 per 1,000 live births | 1.66 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 102.23 per 1,000 live births | 99.72 per 1,000 live births | 2.51 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 1990s | 108.57 per 1,000 live births | 83.64 per 1,000 live births | 24.93 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2000s | 94.4 per 1,000 live births | 70.16 per 1,000 live births | 24.24 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 58.49 per 1,000 live births | 56.65 per 1,000 live births | 1.84 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 45.2 per 1,000 live births | 45.2 per 1,000 live births | 0 per 1,000 live births | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Congo or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 42.5 per 1,000 live births against 42.4 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Congo and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1 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, male?
- Congo ranks 42nd 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
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.