Child mortality rate: Papua New Guinea
3.94% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 77 years from 1948 to 2024 are below.
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.94 |
| 2023 | 4.06 |
| 2022 | 4.19 |
| 2021 | 4.32 |
| 2020 | 4.47 |
| 2019 | 4.61 |
| 2018 | 4.75 |
| 2017 | 4.89 |
| 2016 | 5.04 |
| 2015 | 5.73 |
| 2014 | 5.33 |
| 2013 | 5.47 |
| 2012 | 5.61 |
| 2011 | 5.75 |
| 2010 | 5.89 |
| 2009 | 6.03 |
| 2008 | 6.18 |
| 2007 | 6.32 |
| 2006 | 6.46 |
| 2005 | 6.59 |
| 2004 | 6.72 |
| 2003 | 6.84 |
| 2002 | 6.96 |
| 2001 | 7.08 |
| 2000 | 7.2 |
| 1999 | 7.31 |
| 1998 | 7.42 |
| 1997 | 8.53 |
| 1996 | 7.65 |
| 1995 | 7.77 |
| 1994 | 7.9 |
| 1993 | 8.04 |
| 1992 | 8.18 |
| 1991 | 8.34 |
| 1990 | 8.5 |
| 1989 | 8.66 |
| 1988 | 8.83 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1986 | 9.18 |
| 1985 | 9.37 |
| 1984 | 9.57 |
| 1983 | 9.79 |
| 1982 | 10.02 |
| 1981 | 10.27 |
| 1980 | 10.54 |
| 1979 | 10.81 |
| 1978 | 11.12 |
| 1977 | 11.44 |
| 1976 | 11.78 |
| 1975 | 12.15 |
| 1974 | 12.54 |
| 1973 | 12.95 |
| 1972 | 13.38 |
| 1971 | 13.83 |
| 1970 | 14.31 |
| 1969 | 14.8 |
| 1968 | 15.32 |
| 1967 | 15.84 |
| 1966 | 16.38 |
| 1965 | 16.92 |
| 1964 | 17.49 |
| 1963 | 18.06 |
| 1962 | 18.64 |
| 1961 | 19.24 |
| 1960 | 19.84 |
| 1959 | 20.45 |
| 1958 | 21.07 |
| 1957 | 21.69 |
| 1956 | 22.32 |
| 1955 | 22.97 |
| 1954 | 23.63 |
| 1953 | 24.31 |
| 1952 | 24.99 |
| 1951 | 28.42 |
| 1950 | 26.43 |
| 1949 | 27.19 |
| 1948 | 27.96 |