Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male was 596 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 596 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea peaked at 833 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 526, in 1990.
Papua New Guinea ranks 56th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 526 | — |
| 1991 | 531 | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 540 | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 550 | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 560 | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 570 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 578 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 752 | +30.1% |
| 1998 | 833 | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 602 | -27.7% |
| 2000 | 610 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 617 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 625 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 632 | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 639 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 646 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 652 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 658 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 663 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 666 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 670 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 672 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 673 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 671 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 669 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 807 | +20.6% |
| 2016 | 767 | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 659 | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 654 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 648 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 639 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 629 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 617 | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 607 | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 596 | -1.8% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 596 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 507, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 596 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 67, 8.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +30.1% | 578 | 752 |
| 1999 | -27.7% | 833 | 602 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 604.2 | 526 | 833 | 10 |
| 2000s | 640.8 | 610 | 666 | 10 |
| 2010s | 689 | 648 | 807 | 10 |
| 2020s | 617.6 | 596 | 639 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male in Papua New Guinea was 596 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 833 in 1998.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 526 in 1990.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 56th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of male children ages 5-9 years