Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Australia and 3.9 per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 3.6 per 100 live births, or 11 times that in Australia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Papua New Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1948.
In 2024, Australia ranked 176 and Papua New Guinea ranked 39 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Australia	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	0.4	3.9	3.7
2023	0.4	4.1	3.8
2022	0.4	4.2	4
2021	0.4	4.3	4
2020	0.4	4.5	3.9
2019	0.4	4.6	4
2018	0.4	4.8	4
2017	0.4	4.9	4.1
2016	0.4	5	4.2
2015	0.4	5.7	4.3
2014	0.4	5.3	4.4
2013	0.4	5.5	4.5
2012	0.4	5.6	4.7
2011	0.5	5.8	5
2010	0.5	5.9	5.1
2009	0.5	6	5.3
2008	0.5	6.2	5.5
2007	0.5	6.3	5.7
2006	0.6	6.5	6
2005	0.6	6.6	6.2
2004	0.6	6.7	6.6
2003	0.6	6.8	6.8
2002	0.6	7	7.1
2001	0.6	7.1	7.4
2000	0.6	7.2	7.7
1999	0.6	7.3	7.9
1998	0.6	7.4	8.3
1997	0.7	8.5	8.4
1996	0.7	7.7	8.6
1995	0.7	7.8	8.8
1994	0.7	7.9	8.9
1993	0.8	8	9.1
1992	0.8	8.2	9.2
1991	0.9	8.3	9.3
1990	0.9	8.5	9.4
1989	1	8.7	9.5
1988	1	8.8	10
1987	1.1	9	9.9
1986	1.1	9.2	10.3
1985	1.1	9.4	10.6
1984	1.2	9.6	10.9
1983	1.2	9.8	11.1
1982	1.2	10	11.2
1981	1.3	10.3	11.6
1980	1.3	10.5	11.9
1979	1.4	10.8	11.9
1978	1.4	11.1	12.3
1977	1.5	11.4	12.6
1976	1.6	11.8	12.8
1975	1.7	12.2	13.1
1974	1.8	12.5	13.3
1973	1.9	13	13.5
1972	2	13.4	13.7
1971	2.1	13.8	13.9
1970	2.2	14.3	14.2
1969	2.2	14.8	14.6
1968	2.2	15.3	15
1967	2.2	15.8	15.3
1966	2.2	16.4	15.1
1965	2.2	16.9	15.1
1964	2.3	17.5	15.7
1963	2.3	18.1	16.2
1962	2.4	18.6	17
1961	2.4	19.2	18.8
1960	2.5	19.8	20.2
1959	2.5	20.5	19.9
1958	2.6	21.1	19.7
1957	2.7	21.7	20.5
1956	2.7	22.3	21.3
1955	2.8	23	22.3
1954	2.9	23.6	22.8
1953	3	24.3	23.3
1952	3	25	23.9
1951	3.1	28.4	24.3
1950	3.2	26.4	24.7
1949	3.2	27.2	24.9
1948	3.4	28	24.9
1947	3.6	–	25.5
1946	3.9	–	25.8
1945	3.8	–	26.7
1944	4.1	–	27.4
1943	5	–	27.7
1942	5.2	–	27.9
1941	5.3	–	27.8
1940	5	–	27.9
1939	5.1	–	28
1938	5.1	–	28.7
1937	5.1	–	28.8
1936	5.6	–	29.1
1935	5.4	–	29.5
1934	5.8	–	30.7
1933	5.3	–	30.5
1932	5.4	–	30.7
1931	5.4	–	31.4
1930	6.4	–	31.6
1929	6.8	–	32
1928	7.2	–	31.9
1927	7.2	–	31.9
1926	7	–	32.7
1925	7	–	32.4
1924	7.6	–	33.1
1923	8	–	33.1
1922	7.1	–	33.2
1921	8.9	–	34.2
1920	9.5	–	34.4
1919	9.5	–	35.7
1918	8	–	37.6
1917	7.5	–	35.3
1916	9.7	–	35.1
1915	9.4	–	35.3
1914	9.9	–	35.4
1913	10	–	35.1
1912	10	–	35.5
1911	9.4	–	36
1910	10.5	–	36.4
1909	10	–	36.6
1908	11	–	37.2
1907	11.5	–	37.4
1906	11.9	–	38.1
1905	11.7	–	38.8
1904	11.7	–	38.9
1903	17	–	39.5
1902	16.2	–	40.1
1901	15.7	–	40.8
1900	14.9	–	40.9
1899	17.9	–	40.8
1898	20.2	–	41.2
1897	15.9	–	41
1896	17.5	–	41.1
1895	15.1	–	41.3
1894	15.7	–	41.2
1893	17.9	–	41.2
1892	16	–	41.7
1891	17.7	–	41.3
1890	16.2	–	41.5
1889	20.9	–	41.2
1888	17.9	–	41
1887	17.9	–	41.1
1886	19.8	–	41.1
1885	20.2	–	41.2
1884	19.6	–	41.1
1883	18.8	–	41.4
1882	21.5	–	41.5
1881	17.9	–	41.1
1880	18.1	–	41.6
1879	17.7	–	41.1
1878	20.7	–	41.6
1877	20	–	41.2
1876	18.5	–	41.4
1875	22.2	–	41.5
1874	19.6	–	41.7
1873	17.5	–	41.8
1872	18.3	–	42.1
1871	15.7	–	42.2
1870	17	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time