Papua New Guinea vs Yemen: Annual death rates at different ages
Papua New Guinea
33.07 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Yemen
33.2 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
37th
Yemen rank
36th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 33.2 deaths per 1,000 people against 33.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 37th and Yemen ranks 36th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 168.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 412.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 243.87 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1960s | 127.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 321.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 193.69 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1970s | 95.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 209.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 114.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1980s | 74.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 121.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 47.04 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1990s | 62.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 84.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 21.27 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 53.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 57.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.71 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2010s | 42.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.14 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 34.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2762 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 at different ages, Papua New Guinea or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 33.2 deaths per 1,000 people against 33.07 deaths per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
- 0.13 deaths per 1,000 people, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Yemen rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 37th and Yemen ranks 36th 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 at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.