What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Papua New Guinea and Yemen?

0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Yemen ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Yemen?

51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Papua New Guinea vs Yemen: Neonatal mortality rate

Papua New Guinea

2.01 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Yemen

2.09 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Papua New Guinea rank

45th

Yemen rank

42nd

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Papua New Guinea
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 2.09 deaths per 100 live births against 2.01 deaths per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Yemen ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 45th and Yemen ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Papua New Guinea	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1970s	4.08 deaths per 100 live births	6.56 deaths per 100 live births	2.48 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
1980s	3.37 deaths per 100 live births	5.13 deaths per 100 live births	1.76 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
1990s	3.19 deaths per 100 live births	4.06 deaths per 100 live births	0.8704 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2000s	2.85 deaths per 100 live births	3.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.3365 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2010s	2.44 deaths per 100 live births	2.45 deaths per 100 live births	0.0129 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2020s	2.09 deaths per 100 live births	2.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.0789 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Papua New Guinea or Yemen?: Yemen, at 2.09 deaths per 100 live births against 2.01 deaths per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Papua New Guinea and Yemen?: 0.08 deaths per 100 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Yemen?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Yemen rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Papua New Guinea ranks 45th and Yemen ranks 42nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .