Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.8 per 100 live births in Indonesia 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 2.2 per 100 live births, or 2.23 times that in Indonesia.

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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 1990, when it overtook Indonesia.
In 2024, Indonesia ranked 83 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	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	1.8	3.9	3.7
2023	1.8	4.1	3.8
2022	1.9	4.2	4
2021	2	4.3	4
2020	2.1	4.5	3.9
2019	2.2	4.6	4
2018	2.3	4.8	4
2017	2.4	4.9	4.1
2016	2.5	5	4.2
2015	2.6	5.7	4.3
2014	2.7	5.3	4.4
2013	2.9	5.5	4.5
2012	3	5.6	4.7
2011	3.1	5.8	5
2010	3.3	5.9	5.1
2009	3.4	6	5.3
2008	3.6	6.2	5.5
2007	3.7	6.3	5.7
2006	3.9	6.5	6
2005	4.1	6.6	6.2
2004	4.9	6.7	6.6
2003	4.5	6.8	6.8
2002	4.7	7	7.1
2001	4.9	7.1	7.4
2000	5.1	7.2	7.7
1999	5.4	7.3	7.9
1998	5.7	7.4	8.3
1997	5.9	8.5	8.4
1996	6.2	7.7	8.6
1995	6.6	7.8	8.8
1994	6.9	7.9	8.9
1993	7.2	8	9.1
1992	7.6	8.2	9.2
1991	7.9	8.3	9.3
1990	8.3	8.5	9.4
1989	8.7	8.7	9.5
1988	9.1	8.8	10
1987	9.4	9	9.9
1986	9.8	9.2	10.3
1985	10.2	9.4	10.6
1984	10.5	9.6	10.9
1983	10.9	9.8	11.1
1982	11.3	10	11.2
1981	11.7	10.3	11.6
1980	12	10.5	11.9
1979	12.4	10.8	11.9
1978	12.8	11.1	12.3
1977	13.2	11.4	12.6
1976	13.6	11.8	12.8
1975	14.1	12.2	13.1
1974	14.6	12.5	13.3
1973	15.1	13	13.5
1972	15.6	13.4	13.7
1971	16.1	13.8	13.9
1970	16.6	14.3	14.2
1969	17.2	14.8	14.6
1968	17.8	15.3	15
1967	18.3	15.8	15.3
1966	18.9	16.4	15.1
1965	23	16.9	15.1
1964	20.1	17.5	15.7
1963	20.6	18.1	16.2
1962	21.2	18.6	17
1961	21.8	19.2	18.8
1960	22.5	19.8	20.2
1959	23.1	20.5	19.9
1958	23.8	21.1	19.7
1957	24.5	21.7	20.5
1956	25.2	22.3	21.3
1955	26	23	22.3
1954	26.8	23.6	22.8
1953	27.6	24.3	23.3
1952	28.5	25	23.9
1951	29.3	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