Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Kenya
42.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
42.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 42.5 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Kenya ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178.78 per 1,000 live births | 178.85 per 1,000 live births | 0.07 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 138.91 per 1,000 live births | 129.54 per 1,000 live births | 9.37 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1980s | 105.53 per 1,000 live births | 99.72 per 1,000 live births | 5.81 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1990s | 111.95 per 1,000 live births | 83.64 per 1,000 live births | 28.31 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 79.82 per 1,000 live births | 70.16 per 1,000 live births | 9.66 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 52.22 per 1,000 live births | 56.65 per 1,000 live births | 4.43 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 44.54 per 1,000 live births | 45.2 per 1,000 live births | 0.66 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, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
- Kenya, at 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 42.5 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Kenya ranks 40th 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.