Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Papua New Guinea

Infant mortality rate in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 31.3 per 1,000. Ranked 153 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 78.6%.

2024 31.3 per 1,000 −2.8% vs 2023
World rank 153of 196
Period maximum 146.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 31.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Papua New Guinea, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 146.5 per 1,0001962: 138.2 per 1,0001964: 130 per 1,0001966: 122.1 per 1,0001968: 114.5 per 1,0001970: 107.2 per 1,0001972: 100.5 per 1,0001974: 94.4 per 1,0001976: 88.9 per 1,0001978: 84 per 1,0001980: 80 per 1,0001982: 76.3 per 1,0001984: 73.1 per 1,0001986: 70.3 per 1,0001988: 67.9 per 1,0001990: 65.6 per 1,0001992: 63.4 per 1,0001994: 61.3 per 1,0001996: 59.5 per 1,0001998: 57.8 per 1,0002000: 56.2 per 1,0002002: 54.5 per 1,0002004: 52.6 per 1,0002006: 50.6 per 1,0002008: 48.4 per 1,0002010: 46.1 per 1,0002012: 43.8 per 1,0002014: 41.6 per 1,0002016: 39.4 per 1,0002018: 37.3 per 1,0002020: 35.2 per 1,0002022: 33.1 per 1,0002024: 31.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −115.2 (−78.63%) Average annual rate: -2.38 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 31.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Melanesia computed 29.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 31.3 −0.9 −2.8%
2023 32.2 −0.9 −2.72%
2022 33.1 −1 −2.93%
2021 34.1 −1.1 −3.13%
2020 35.2 −1 −2.76%
2019 36.2 −1.1 −2.95%
2018 37.3 −1 −2.61%
2017 38.3 −1.1 −2.79%
2016 39.4 −4.2 −9.63%
2015 43.6 +2 +4.81%
2014 41.6 −1.1 −2.58%
2013 42.7 −1.1 −2.51%
2012 43.8 −1.1 −2.45%
2011 44.9 −1.2 −2.6%
2010 46.1 −1.1 −2.33%
2009 47.2 −1.2 −2.48%
2008 48.4 −1.1 −2.22%
2007 49.5 −1.1 −2.17%
2006 50.6 −1 −1.94%
2005 51.6 −1 −1.9%
2004 52.6 −1 −1.87%
2003 53.6 −0.9 −1.65%
2002 54.5 −0.9 −1.62%
2001 55.4 −0.8 −1.42%
2000 56.2 −0.8 −1.4%
1999 57 −0.8 −1.38%
1998 57.8 −6.5 −10.11%
1997 64.3 +4.8 +8.07%
1996 59.5 −0.9 −1.49%
1995 60.4 −0.9 −1.47%
1994 61.3 −1 −1.61%
1993 62.3 −1.1 −1.74%
1992 63.4 −1.1 −1.71%
1991 64.5 −1.1 −1.68%
1990 65.6 −1.2 −1.8%
1989 66.8 −1.1 −1.62%
1988 67.9 −1.2 −1.74%
1987 69.1 −1.2 −1.71%
1986 70.3 −1.4 −1.95%
1985 71.7 −1.4 −1.92%
1984 73.1 −1.5 −2.01%
1983 74.6 −1.7 −2.23%
1982 76.3 −1.7 −2.18%
1981 78 −2 −2.5%
1980 80 −1.9 −2.32%
1979 81.9 −2.1 −2.5%
1978 84 −2.4 −2.78%
1977 86.4 −2.5 −2.81%
1976 88.9 −2.6 −2.84%
1975 91.5 −2.9 −3.07%
1974 94.4 −2.9 −2.98%
1973 97.3 −3.2 −3.18%
1972 100.5 −3.3 −3.18%
1971 103.8 −3.4 −3.17%
1970 107.2 −3.6 −3.25%
1969 110.8 −3.7 −3.23%
1968 114.5 −3.7 −3.13%
1967 118.2 −3.9 −3.19%
1966 122.1 −3.9 −3.1%
1965 126 −4 −3.08%
1964 130 −4.1 −3.06%
1963 134.1 −4.1 −2.97%
1962 138.2 −4.2 −2.95%
1961 142.4 −4.1 −2.8%
1960 146.5

Melanesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.