Papua New Guinea vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5
Papua New Guinea
39.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
13.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Upper middle income rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 39.4 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 26.3 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 3.0 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 39th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.64 per 1,000 live births | 48.3 per 1,000 live births | 31.34 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 66.38 per 1,000 live births | 29.49 per 1,000 live births | 36.89 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 53.07 per 1,000 live births | 16.88 per 1,000 live births | 36.19 per 1,000 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 41.96 per 1,000 live births | 13.72 per 1,000 live births | 28.24 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 Upper middle income?
- Papua New Guinea, at 39.4 per 1,000 live births against 13.1 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
- 26.3 per 1,000 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 39th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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.