Papua New Guinea vs South Korea: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Papua New Guinea and 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 3.7 per 100 live births, or 14 times that in South 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 1953, when it overtook South Korea.
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	Papua New Guinea	South Korea	World
2024	3.9	0.3	3.7
2023	4.1	0.3	3.8
2022	4.2	0.3	4
2021	4.3	0.3	4
2020	4.5	0.3	3.9
2019	4.6	0.3	4
2018	4.8	0.3	4
2017	4.9	0.3	4.1
2016	5	0.3	4.2
2015	5.7	0.4	4.3
2014	5.3	0.4	4.4
2013	5.5	0.4	4.5
2012	5.6	0.4	4.7
2011	5.8	0.4	5
2010	5.9	0.4	5.1
2009	6	0.4	5.3
2008	6.2	0.5	5.5
2007	6.3	0.5	5.7
2006	6.5	0.5	6
2005	6.6	0.6	6.2
2004	6.7	0.6	6.6
2003	6.8	0.6	6.8
2002	7	0.7	7.1
2001	7.1	0.7	7.4
2000	7.2	0.8	7.7
1999	7.3	0.8	7.9
1998	7.4	0.9	8.3
1997	8.5	0.9	8.4
1996	7.7	1	8.6
1995	7.8	1.1	8.8
1994	7.9	1.1	8.9
1993	8	1.2	9.1
1992	8.2	1.3	9.2
1991	8.3	1.5	9.3
1990	8.5	1.6	9.4
1989	8.7	1.7	9.5
1988	8.8	1.9	10
1987	9	2.1	9.9
1986	9.2	2.2	10.3
1985	9.4	2.5	10.6
1984	9.6	2.7	10.9
1983	9.8	2.9	11.1
1982	10	3.2	11.2
1981	10.3	3.4	11.6
1980	10.5	3.6	11.9
1979	10.8	3.9	11.9
1978	11.1	4	12.3
1977	11.4	4.2	12.6
1976	11.8	4.4	12.8
1975	12.2	4.6	13.1
1974	12.5	4.8	13.3
1973	13	5.1	13.5
1972	13.4	5.4	13.7
1971	13.8	5.7	13.9
1970	14.3	6.1	14.2
1969	14.8	6.6	14.6
1968	15.3	7.1	15
1967	15.8	7.7	15.3
1966	16.4	8.2	15.1
1965	16.9	8.7	15.1
1964	17.5	9.2	15.7
1963	18.1	9.7	16.2
1962	18.6	10.2	17
1961	19.2	10.7	18.8
1960	19.8	11.3	20.2
1959	20.5	12	19.9
1958	21.1	12.8	19.7
1957	21.7	13.9	20.5
1956	22.3	15.4	21.3
1955	23	17.2	22.3
1954	23.6	19.7	22.8
1953	24.3	22.8	23.3
1952	25	26.6	23.9
1951	28.4	31.3	24.3
1950	26.4	36.9	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.

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