Papua New Guinea vs Yemen: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Papua New Guinea
42.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
41.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
41st
Yemen rank
44th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Yemen
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 42.5 per 1,000 live births against 41.7 per 1,000 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 44th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178.85 per 1,000 live births | 406.36 per 1,000 live births | 227.51 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 129.54 per 1,000 live births | 287.58 per 1,000 live births | 158.04 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 99.72 per 1,000 live births | 169.91 per 1,000 live births | 70.19 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 83.64 per 1,000 live births | 117.14 per 1,000 live births | 33.5 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 70.16 per 1,000 live births | 78.37 per 1,000 live births | 8.21 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 56.65 per 1,000 live births | 53.58 per 1,000 live births | 3.07 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 45.2 per 1,000 live births | 44.66 per 1,000 live births | 0.54 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, Papua New Guinea or Yemen?
- Papua New Guinea, at 42.5 per 1,000 live births against 41.7 per 1,000 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 44th 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.