Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Cambodia 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 2.1 per 100 live births, or 2.14 times that in Cambodia.

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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 since 2005, when it overtook Cambodia.
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	Cambodia	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	1.8	3.9	3.7
2023	1.9	4.1	3.8
2022	2	4.2	4
2021	2.1	4.3	4
2020	2.2	4.5	3.9
2019	2.3	4.6	4
2018	2.4	4.8	4
2017	2.6	4.9	4.1
2016	2.8	5	4.2
2015	3	5.7	4.3
2014	3.2	5.3	4.4
2013	3.5	5.5	4.5
2012	3.7	5.6	4.7
2011	4	5.8	5
2010	4.4	5.9	5.1
2009	4.7	6	5.3
2008	5.1	6.2	5.5
2007	5.5	6.3	5.7
2006	5.9	6.5	6
2005	6.4	6.6	6.2
2004	7	6.7	6.6
2003	7.8	6.8	6.8
2002	8.6	7	7.1
2001	9.6	7.1	7.4
2000	10.5	7.2	7.7
1999	11.2	7.3	7.9
1998	11.7	7.4	8.3
1997	11.9	8.5	8.4
1996	12	7.7	8.6
1995	11.9	7.8	8.8
1994	11.8	7.9	8.9
1993	11.7	8	9.1
1992	11.6	8.2	9.2
1991	11.6	8.3	9.3
1990	11.6	8.5	9.4
1989	11.6	8.7	9.5
1988	11.6	8.8	10
1987	11.7	9	9.9
1986	11.8	9.2	10.3
1985	12.1	9.4	10.6
1984	12.4	9.6	10.9
1983	13.1	9.8	11.1
1982	14.2	10	11.2
1981	15.9	10.3	11.6
1980	18.2	10.5	11.9
1979	20.7	10.8	11.9
1978	51.9	11.1	12.3
1977	54.3	11.4	12.6
1976	55.1	11.8	12.8
1975	53.5	12.2	13.1
1974	–	12.5	13.3
1973	–	13	13.5
1972	–	13.4	13.7
1971	–	13.8	13.9
1970	–	14.3	14.2
1969	–	14.8	14.6
1968	–	15.3	15
1967	–	15.8	15.3
1966	–	16.4	15.1
1965	–	16.9	15.1
1964	–	17.5	15.7
1963	–	18.1	16.2
1962	–	18.6	17
1961	–	19.2	18.8
1960	–	19.8	20.2
1959	–	20.5	19.9
1958	–	21.1	19.7
1957	–	21.7	20.5
1956	–	22.3	21.3
1955	–	23	22.3
1954	–	23.6	22.8
1953	–	24.3	23.3
1952	–	25	23.9
1951	–	28.4	24.3
1950	–	26.4	24.7
1949	–	27.2	24.9
1948	–	28	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	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