Papua New Guinea vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
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 (per 1,000 live births) 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.