New Zealand vs Northern Mariana Islands: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
New Zealand
0.4%
in 2023
Northern Mariana Islands
0.5%
in 2023
New Zealand rank
180th
Northern Mariana Islands rank
177th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- New Zealand
- Northern Mariana Islands
How they compare
Northern Mariana Islands currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Northern Mariana Islands ahead.
New Zealand ranks 180th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 177th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Northern Mariana Islands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Northern Mariana Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.2% | 3.5% | 1.2% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1960s | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0.8% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1970s | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1980s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Northern Mariana Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, New Zealand or Northern Mariana Islands?
- Northern Mariana Islands, at 0.5% against 0.4% in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between New Zealand and Northern Mariana Islands?
- 0.1%, with Northern Mariana Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Northern Mariana Islands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Northern Mariana Islands rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- New Zealand ranks 180th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 177th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.