Namibia vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
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 (per 1,000 live births) 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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About this data
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.