# Under-five mortality rate in Papua New Guinea

Under-five mortality rate in Papua New Guinea was 39.4 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `pg`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/papua-new-guinea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=pg

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 39.4 |
| 2023 | 40.6 |
| 2022 | 41.9 |
| 2021 | 43.2 |
| 2020 | 44.7 |
| 2019 | 46.1 |
| 2018 | 47.5 |
| 2017 | 48.9 |
| 2016 | 50.4 |
| 2015 | 57.3 |
| 2014 | 53.3 |
| 2013 | 54.7 |
| 2012 | 56.1 |
| 2011 | 57.5 |
| 2010 | 58.9 |
| 2009 | 60.3 |
| 2008 | 61.8 |
| 2007 | 63.2 |
| 2006 | 64.6 |
| 2005 | 65.9 |
| 2004 | 67.2 |
| 2003 | 68.4 |
| 2002 | 69.6 |
| 2001 | 70.8 |
| 2000 | 72 |
| 1999 | 73.1 |
| 1998 | 74.2 |
| 1997 | 85.3 |
| 1996 | 76.5 |
| 1995 | 77.7 |
| 1994 | 79 |
| 1993 | 80.4 |
| 1992 | 81.8 |
| 1991 | 83.4 |
| 1990 | 85 |
| 1989 | 86.6 |
| 1988 | 88.3 |
| 1987 | 90 |
| 1986 | 91.8 |
| 1985 | 93.7 |
| 1984 | 95.7 |
| 1983 | 97.9 |
| 1982 | 100.2 |
| 1981 | 102.7 |
| 1980 | 105.4 |
| 1979 | 108.1 |
| 1978 | 111.2 |
| 1977 | 114.4 |
| 1976 | 117.8 |
| 1975 | 121.5 |
| 1974 | 125.4 |
| 1973 | 129.5 |
| 1972 | 133.8 |
| 1971 | 138.3 |
| 1970 | 143.1 |
| 1969 | 148 |
| 1968 | 153.2 |
| 1967 | 158.4 |
| 1966 | 163.8 |
| 1965 | 169.2 |
| 1964 | 174.9 |
| 1963 | 180.6 |
| 1962 | 186.4 |
| 1961 | 192.4 |
| 1960 | 198.4 |