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Mortality in Papua New Guinea, by the numbers

Papua New Guinea sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 66.5 years of life, 178th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Papua New Guinea, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
66.5 yrs
178th of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
106 men/100 women
9th highest of 212
Premature NCD mortality
28.5 %
14th highest of 182

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Papua New Guinea ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 66.5 yrs 178 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.8 /1,000 38 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.6 /1,000 135 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.8 yrs 153 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 90.9 /1,000 44 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.4 yrs 85 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 106 men/100 women 204 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 31.3 /1,000 43 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 189 /100k 37 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 28.5 % 14 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 1.8 /100k 165 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 12.6 /100k 109 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 6.9 % 117 of 143 2007
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.1 L 149 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.5 % 173 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $85 148 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $3,007 158 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Papua New Guinea's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 9th highest old-age sex ratio in the world (106 men/100 women) and the 14th highest premature NCD mortality in the world (28.5 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Papua New Guinea; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.