What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Ghana and Papua New Guinea?

0.13 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Papua New Guinea: Youth mortality rate

Ghana

4.54 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

4.67 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ghana rank

43rd

Papua New Guinea rank

40th

Youth mortality rate over time

Ghana
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 4.67 deaths per 100 live births against 4.54 deaths per 100 live births in Ghana, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 40th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	13.48 deaths per 100 live births	9.3 deaths per 100 live births	4.18 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
2000s	9.92 deaths per 100 live births	7.74 deaths per 100 live births	2.18 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
2010s	6.61 deaths per 100 live births	6.26 deaths per 100 live births	0.3508 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
2020s	4.88 deaths per 100 live births	4.96 deaths per 100 live births	0.0812 deaths per 100 live births	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Ghana or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 4.67 deaths per 100 live births against 4.54 deaths per 100 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Ghana and Papua New Guinea?: 0.13 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Papua New Guinea?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Ghana ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 40th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth 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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.