Namibia vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Namibia
43.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
42.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia rank
39th
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Namibia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 42.5 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Namibia ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101.87 per 1,000 live births | 159.03 per 1,000 live births | 57.17 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 105.41 per 1,000 live births | 129.54 per 1,000 live births | 24.13 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 95.49 per 1,000 live births | 99.72 per 1,000 live births | 4.23 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 79.21 per 1,000 live births | 83.64 per 1,000 live births | 4.43 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 74.27 per 1,000 live births | 70.16 per 1,000 live births | 4.11 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
| 2010s | 54.88 per 1,000 live births | 56.65 per 1,000 live births | 1.77 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 46.16 per 1,000 live births | 45.2 per 1,000 live births | 0.96 per 1,000 live births | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Namibia or Papua New Guinea?
- Namibia, at 43.4 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 Namibia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia 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, male?
- Namibia ranks 39th 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.