Ethiopia vs Papua New Guinea: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Ethiopia
29.28 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
29.96 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
38th
Papua New Guinea rank
35th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Ethiopia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 29.96 deaths per 1,000 people against 29.28 deaths per 1,000 people in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.68 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 35th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 7 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 199.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 155.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 43.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 155.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 118.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 151.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 88.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 62.9 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 150.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 69.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 81.6 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 102.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 58.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 44.64 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 67.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 48.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.54 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 41.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 38.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.32 deaths per 1,000 people | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 30.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 31.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5899 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Ethiopia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 29.96 deaths per 1,000 people against 29.28 deaths per 1,000 people in Ethiopia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.68 deaths per 1,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Ethiopia ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 35th 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 Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.