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Under-five mortality rate — Papua New Guinea

Under-five mortality rate in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 39.4 per 1,000. Ranked 158 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.1%.

2024 39.4 per 1,000 −2.96% vs 2023
World rank 158of 196
Period maximum 198.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 39.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Papua New Guinea, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 198.4 per 1,0001962: 186.4 per 1,0001964: 174.9 per 1,0001966: 163.8 per 1,0001968: 153.2 per 1,0001970: 143.1 per 1,0001972: 133.8 per 1,0001974: 125.4 per 1,0001976: 117.8 per 1,0001978: 111.2 per 1,0001980: 105.4 per 1,0001982: 100.2 per 1,0001984: 95.7 per 1,0001986: 91.8 per 1,0001988: 88.3 per 1,0001990: 85 per 1,0001992: 81.8 per 1,0001994: 79 per 1,0001996: 76.5 per 1,0001998: 74.2 per 1,0002000: 72 per 1,0002002: 69.6 per 1,0002004: 67.2 per 1,0002006: 64.6 per 1,0002008: 61.8 per 1,0002010: 58.9 per 1,0002012: 56.1 per 1,0002014: 53.3 per 1,0002016: 50.4 per 1,0002018: 47.5 per 1,0002020: 44.7 per 1,0002022: 41.9 per 1,0002024: 39.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −159 (−80.14%) Average annual rate: -2.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Papua New Guinea 39.4 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
Melanesia computed 36.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 39.4 −1.2 −2.96%
2023 40.6 −1.3 −3.1%
2022 41.9 −1.3 −3.01%
2021 43.2 −1.5 −3.36%
2020 44.7 −1.4 −3.04%
2019 46.1 −1.4 −2.95%
2018 47.5 −1.4 −2.86%
2017 48.9 −1.5 −2.98%
2016 50.4 −6.9 −12.04%
2015 57.3 +4 +7.5%
2014 53.3 −1.4 −2.56%
2013 54.7 −1.4 −2.5%
2012 56.1 −1.4 −2.43%
2011 57.5 −1.4 −2.38%
2010 58.9 −1.4 −2.32%
2009 60.3 −1.5 −2.43%
2008 61.8 −1.4 −2.22%
2007 63.2 −1.4 −2.17%
2006 64.6 −1.3 −1.97%
2005 65.9 −1.3 −1.93%
2004 67.2 −1.2 −1.75%
2003 68.4 −1.2 −1.72%
2002 69.6 −1.2 −1.69%
2001 70.8 −1.2 −1.67%
2000 72 −1.1 −1.5%
1999 73.1 −1.1 −1.48%
1998 74.2 −11.1 −13.01%
1997 85.3 +8.8 +11.5%
1996 76.5 −1.2 −1.54%
1995 77.7 −1.3 −1.65%
1994 79 −1.4 −1.74%
1993 80.4 −1.4 −1.71%
1992 81.8 −1.6 −1.92%
1991 83.4 −1.6 −1.88%
1990 85 −1.6 −1.85%
1989 86.6 −1.7 −1.93%
1988 88.3 −1.7 −1.89%
1987 90 −1.8 −1.96%
1986 91.8 −1.9 −2.03%
1985 93.7 −2 −2.09%
1984 95.7 −2.2 −2.25%
1983 97.9 −2.3 −2.3%
1982 100.2 −2.5 −2.43%
1981 102.7 −2.7 −2.56%
1980 105.4 −2.7 −2.5%
1979 108.1 −3.1 −2.79%
1978 111.2 −3.2 −2.8%
1977 114.4 −3.4 −2.89%
1976 117.8 −3.7 −3.05%
1975 121.5 −3.9 −3.11%
1974 125.4 −4.1 −3.17%
1973 129.5 −4.3 −3.21%
1972 133.8 −4.5 −3.25%
1971 138.3 −4.8 −3.35%
1970 143.1 −4.9 −3.31%
1969 148 −5.2 −3.39%
1968 153.2 −5.2 −3.28%
1967 158.4 −5.4 −3.3%
1966 163.8 −5.4 −3.19%
1965 169.2 −5.7 −3.26%
1964 174.9 −5.7 −3.16%
1963 180.6 −5.8 −3.11%
1962 186.4 −6 −3.12%
1961 192.4 −6 −3.02%
1960 198.4 — —

Melanesia, 2024

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

VU Vanuatu 17.1 SB Solomon Islands 20 FJ Fiji 29.1 PG Papua New Guinea 39.4
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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