What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Namibia and Papua New Guinea?

0.1 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.

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Namibia vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5

Namibia

39.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

39.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

38th

Papua New Guinea rank

39th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Namibia
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 39.5 per 1,000 live births against 39.4 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Namibia ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th 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	96.5 per 1,000 live births	153.2 per 1,000 live births	56.7 per 1,000 live births	Papua New Guinea
1970s	99.81 per 1,000 live births	124.31 per 1,000 live births	24.5 per 1,000 live births	Papua New Guinea
1980s	89.71 per 1,000 live births	95.23 per 1,000 live births	5.52 per 1,000 live births	Papua New Guinea
1990s	73.75 per 1,000 live births	79.64 per 1,000 live births	5.89 per 1,000 live births	Papua New Guinea
2000s	69.21 per 1,000 live births	66.38 per 1,000 live births	2.83 per 1,000 live births	Namibia
2010s	50.18 per 1,000 live births	53.07 per 1,000 live births	2.89 per 1,000 live births	Papua New Guinea
2020s	42.04 per 1,000 live births	41.96 per 1,000 live births	0.08 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, Namibia or Papua New Guinea?: Namibia, at 39.5 per 1,000 live births against 39.4 per 1,000 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Namibia and Papua New Guinea?: 0.1 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?: Namibia ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.