Papua New Guinea vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, under-5
Papua New Guinea
39.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Turkmenistan
39 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Turkmenistan rank
41st
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 39.4 per 1,000 live births against 39 per 1,000 live births in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 39th and Turkmenistan ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Turkmenistan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 111.23 per 1,000 live births | 125.7 per 1,000 live births | 14.47 per 1,000 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1980s | 95.23 per 1,000 live births | 96.71 per 1,000 live births | 1.48 per 1,000 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1990s | 79.64 per 1,000 live births | 76.63 per 1,000 live births | 3.01 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 66.38 per 1,000 live births | 55.22 per 1,000 live births | 11.16 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 53.07 per 1,000 live births | 43.38 per 1,000 live births | 9.69 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 41.96 per 1,000 live births | 41.06 per 1,000 live births | 0.9 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, Papua New Guinea or Turkmenistan?
- Papua New Guinea, at 39.4 per 1,000 live births against 39 per 1,000 live births in Turkmenistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Papua New Guinea and Turkmenistan?
- 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Turkmenistan?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Turkmenistan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 39th and Turkmenistan 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 (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.