Papua New Guinea · Under-5 Mortality (WHO)
39.42024
Unit: per 1,000 live births. Publisher measure: Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births).
Probability of dying before the fifth birthday, both sexes and the whole wealth population (total wealth group), expressed per 1,000 live births under reference-year mortality conditions.
Measurement basis: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) modelled or adjusted mortality probabilities/rates, disseminated by WHO.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: annual. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 77 rows
Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1948 | 279.581310917 | 222.635347942 | 348.880442172 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1949 | 271.881817962 | 221.588931598 | 332.304607128 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1950 | 264.325100529 | 220.345092846 | 316.719350581 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1951 | 284.201965306 | 241.250093247 | 333.967361971 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1952 | 249.92677487 | 215.57679877 | 289.003663054 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1953 | 243.124195221 | 212.770886136 | 277.331189822 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1954 | 236.336315207 | 209.035083204 | 266.387319247 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1955 | 229.733746636 | 205.090550667 | 256.520411772 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1956 | 223.200149124 | 200.611041945 | 247.984437151 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1957 | 216.858826938 | 196.018656252 | 239.9899855 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1958 | 210.687331123 | 190.943393655 | 232.596766405 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1959 | 204.468449529 | 185.801638518 | 226.123417233 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1960 | 198.4072915 | 180.357675695 | 219.9229574 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1961 | 192.42252622 | 174.738805624 | 214.147950833 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1962 | 186.442775768 | 169.109851375 | 208.053687215 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1963 | 180.600515579 | 163.660767559 | 202.299316807 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1964 | 174.890575019 | 157.989849345 | 196.247010072 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1965 | 169.237042279 | 152.569569153 | 190.215987325 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1966 | 163.765286052 | 146.971507034 | 184.104665678 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1967 | 158.391643305 | 141.50378082 | 177.982295126 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1968 | 153.187486934 | 136.204615693 | 172.014615792 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1969 | 148.032013274 | 131.496125113 | 166.239418933 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1970 | 143.074456331 | 126.707831134 | 160.654670171 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1971 | 138.304240081 | 122.506618016 | 154.744816231 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1972 | 133.835634812 | 118.229670173 | 149.335802559 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1973 | 129.457686604 | 114.209626816 | 144.439228028 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1974 | 125.399619962 | 110.463778672 | 139.963888548 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1975 | 121.471466002 | 106.906936767 | 135.649941047 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1976 | 117.830587785 | 103.628120765 | 131.551061308 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1977 | 114.356940963 | 100.711945619 | 127.775377052 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1978 | 111.157266082 | 97.961997513 | 124.223792878 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1979 | 108.148858431 | 95.34635536 | 120.75336187 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1980 | 105.399285361 | 93.007626891 | 117.562251801 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1981 | 102.738632428 | 90.872233299 | 114.514438759 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1982 | 100.225007259 | 88.779337602 | 111.602904348 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1983 | 97.893539878 | 86.999198294 | 108.848678834 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1984 | 95.73137849 | 85.391217378 | 106.233050949 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1985 | 93.694923153 | 83.870038782 | 103.890072083 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1986 | 91.766379994 | 82.347028283 | 101.706731496 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1987 | 89.999089618 | 81.031416153 | 99.632952511 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1988 | 88.268618137 | 79.595038453 | 97.65726118 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1989 | 86.625655896 | 78.207823062 | 95.871498452 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1990 | 84.985821572 | 76.810853026 | 94.04834589 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1991 | 83.3954925 | 75.354702621 | 92.239969466 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1992 | 81.841175172 | 74.037895768 | 90.591679812 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1993 | 80.391129998 | 72.769796657 | 89.001232129 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1994 | 78.995917001 | 71.496211272 | 87.614554196 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1995 | 77.722737799 | 70.216042102 | 86.226977334 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1996 | 76.487527842 | 68.986804177 | 85.003018676 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1997 | 85.275179831 | 76.757188245 | 94.985961236 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1998 | 74.152030705 | 66.570985712 | 82.882526396 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 1999 | 73.053553304 | 65.435166594 | 81.951494903 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2000 | 71.95231968 | 64.286807973 | 80.9909801 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2001 | 70.815523718 | 63.047992848 | 79.988819711 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2002 | 69.607112898 | 61.686183205 | 79.022244478 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2003 | 68.436554564 | 60.388951287 | 78.070518351 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2004 | 67.22274367 | 58.963154697 | 76.990161635 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2005 | 65.903470711 | 57.612673917 | 75.85565431 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2006 | 64.559522882 | 56.153047184 | 74.808232876 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2007 | 63.208493749 | 54.619444827 | 73.561477276 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2008 | 61.779886261 | 53.067932249 | 72.175069353 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2009 | 60.339009281 | 51.408276706 | 70.975691779 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2010 | 58.895726426 | 49.794349639 | 69.961741228 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2011 | 57.493878849 | 47.962436103 | 69.028292003 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2012 | 56.081039 | 46.092441602 | 68.251024765 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2013 | 54.698847174 | 44.304327992 | 67.515234061 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2014 | 53.285315563 | 42.435434395 | 66.712193739 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2015 | 57.309701528 | 44.792632563 | 72.697013544 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2016 | 50.415629138 | 38.689075287 | 65.067194075 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2017 | 48.908299057 | 36.651327878 | 64.504676617 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2018 | 47.546550886 | 34.672644896 | 63.861352884 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2019 | 46.115387218 | 32.723827371 | 63.423823877 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2020 | 44.664851376 | 30.907429626 | 63.217308769 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2021 | 43.246000147 | 29.163257574 | 63.317319301 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2022 | 41.862140811 | 27.453467508 | 63.50056834 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2023 | 40.612590657 | 25.73890413 | 63.075591348 | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 2024 | 39.383273105 | 24.172578266 | 62.986038743 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.