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Papua New Guinea: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

39.40per 1,000 live births · 2024-26.1% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1948 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202439.4
202340.6
202241.9
202143.2
202044.7
201946.1
201847.5
201748.9
201650.4
201557.3
201453.3
201354.7
201256.1
201157.5
201058.9
200960.3
200861.8
200763.2
200664.6
200565.9
200467.2
200368.4
200269.6
200170.8
200072
199973.1
199874.2
199785.3
199676.5
199577.7
199479
199380.4
199281.8
199183.4
199085
198986.6
198888.3
198790
198691.8
198593.7
198495.7
198397.9
1982100.2
1981102.7
1980105.4
1979108.1
1978111.2
1977114.4
1976117.8
1975121.5
1974125.4
1973129.5
1972133.8
1971138.3
1970143.1
1969148
1968153.2
1967158.4
1966163.8
1965169.2
1964174.9
1963180.6
1962186.4
1961192.4
1960198.4
1959204.5
1958210.7
1957216.9
1956223.2
1955229.7
1954236.3
1953243.1
1952249.9
1951284.2
1950264.3
1949271.9
1948279.6

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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