Papua New Guinea

Child mortality in Papua New Guinea

Child mortality in Papua New Guinea: 28 per 100 live births in 1948 and 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
3.9 per 100 live births
Since 1948
−24 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
39 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in Papua New GuineaChild mortality in Papua New Guinea: 28 per 100 live births in 1948 and 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 28.4 per 100 live births in 1951, the lowest 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 28.4 per 100 live births in 1951, the lowest 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearPapua New GuineaWorld
20243.93.7
20234.13.8
20224.24
20214.34
20204.53.9
20194.64
20184.84
20174.94.1
201654.2
20155.74.3
20145.34.4
20135.54.5
20125.64.7
20115.85
20105.95.1
200965.3
20086.25.5
20076.35.7
20066.56
20056.66.2
20046.76.6
20036.86.8
200277.1
20017.17.4
20007.27.7
19997.37.9
19987.48.3
19978.58.4
19967.78.6
19957.88.8
19947.98.9
199389.1
19928.29.2
19918.39.3
19908.59.4
19898.79.5
19888.810
198799.9
19869.210.3
19859.410.6
19849.610.9
19839.811.1
19821011.2
198110.311.6
198010.511.9
197910.811.9
197811.112.3
197711.412.6
197611.812.8
197512.213.1
197412.513.3
19731313.5
197213.413.7
197113.813.9
197014.314.2
196914.814.6
196815.315
196715.815.3
196616.415.1
196516.915.1
196417.515.7
196318.116.2
196218.617
196119.218.8
196019.820.2
195920.519.9
195821.119.7
195721.720.5
195622.321.3
19552322.3
195423.622.8
195324.323.3
19522523.9
195128.424.3
195026.424.7
194927.224.9
19482824.9
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

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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