North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.7 per 100 live births in North Korea 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 2.3 per 100 live births, or 2.36 times that in North Korea.

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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 2003, when it overtook North Korea.
In 2024, North Korea ranked 90 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	North Korea	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	1.7	3.9	3.7
2023	1.8	4.1	3.8
2022	1.8	4.2	4
2021	1.7	4.3	4
2020	1.7	4.5	3.9
2019	1.8	4.6	4
2018	1.8	4.8	4
2017	1.9	4.9	4.1
2016	2.1	5	4.2
2015	2.1	5.7	4.3
2014	2.3	5.3	4.4
2013	2.4	5.5	4.5
2012	2.6	5.6	4.7
2011	2.7	5.8	5
2010	2.9	5.9	5.1
2009	3	6	5.3
2008	3.1	6.2	5.5
2007	3.2	6.3	5.7
2006	3.3	6.5	6
2005	3.3	6.6	6.2
2004	3.4	6.7	6.6
2003	3.5	6.8	6.8
2002	9.8	7	7.1
2001	9.9	7.1	7.4
2000	10	7.2	7.7
1999	10.2	7.3	7.9
1998	10.3	7.4	8.3
1997	10.5	8.5	8.4
1996	10.6	7.7	8.6
1995	10.8	7.8	8.8
1994	4.3	7.9	8.9
1993	4.3	8	9.1
1992	4.3	8.2	9.2
1991	4.2	8.3	9.3
1990	4.1	8.5	9.4
1989	4	8.7	9.5
1988	3.8	8.8	10
1987	3.8	9	9.9
1986	3.7	9.2	10.3
1985	3.7	9.4	10.6
1984	3.7	9.6	10.9
1983	3.8	9.8	11.1
1982	3.9	10	11.2
1981	4.1	10.3	11.6
1980	4.2	10.5	11.9
1979	4.4	10.8	11.9
1978	4.6	11.1	12.3
1977	4.8	11.4	12.6
1976	5	11.8	12.8
1975	5.3	12.2	13.1
1974	5.6	12.5	13.3
1973	5.9	13	13.5
1972	6.2	13.4	13.7
1971	6.6	13.8	13.9
1970	7	14.3	14.2
1969	7.5	14.8	14.6
1968	7.9	15.3	15
1967	8.5	15.8	15.3
1966	9	16.4	15.1
1965	9.5	16.9	15.1
1964	9.9	17.5	15.7
1963	10.4	18.1	16.2
1962	10.8	18.6	17
1961	11.2	19.2	18.8
1960	11.6	19.8	20.2
1959	12.1	20.5	19.9
1958	12.7	21.1	19.7
1957	13.4	21.7	20.5
1956	14.4	22.3	21.3
1955	15.5	23	22.3
1954	16.9	23.6	22.8
1953	21.8	24.3	23.3
1952	26.5	25	23.9
1951	40.5	28.4	24.3
1950	46.3	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