Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea

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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Change since 1951, % · Gapminder and UN IGME

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Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortalityChild 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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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Indonesia1.8 20242.783 of 200
Papua New Guinea3.9 20245.339 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

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

YearIndonesiaPapua New GuineaWorld
20241.83.93.7
20231.84.13.8
20221.94.24
202124.34
20202.14.53.9
20192.24.64
20182.34.84
20172.44.94.1
20162.554.2
20152.65.74.3
20142.75.34.4
20132.95.54.5
201235.64.7
20113.15.85
20103.35.95.1
20093.465.3
20083.66.25.5
20073.76.35.7
20063.96.56
20054.16.66.2
20044.96.76.6
20034.56.86.8
20024.777.1
20014.97.17.4
20005.17.27.7
19995.47.37.9
19985.77.48.3
19975.98.58.4
19966.27.78.6
19956.67.88.8
19946.97.98.9
19937.289.1
19927.68.29.2
19917.98.39.3
19908.38.59.4
19898.78.79.5
19889.18.810
19879.499.9
19869.89.210.3
198510.29.410.6
198410.59.610.9
198310.99.811.1
198211.31011.2
198111.710.311.6
19801210.511.9
197912.410.811.9
197812.811.112.3
197713.211.412.6
197613.611.812.8
197514.112.213.1
197414.612.513.3
197315.11313.5
197215.613.413.7
197116.113.813.9
197016.614.314.2
196917.214.814.6
196817.815.315
196718.315.815.3
196618.916.415.1
19652316.915.1
196420.117.515.7
196320.618.116.2
196221.218.617
196121.819.218.8
196022.519.820.2
195923.120.519.9
195823.821.119.7
195724.521.720.5
195625.222.321.3
1955262322.3
195426.823.622.8
195327.624.323.3
195228.52523.9
195129.328.424.3
1950–26.424.7
1949–27.224.9
1948–2824.9
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