Burundi vs Papua New Guinea: Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred
Burundi
0.4309 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.288 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Burundi rank
34th
Papua New Guinea rank
36th
Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred over time
- Burundi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 0.4309 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.288 deaths per 100,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1429 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Burundi's figure about 1.5 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Burundi ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 196 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 1990s | 67.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8941 deaths per 100,000 people | 67.06 deaths per 100,000 people | Burundi |
| 2000s | 13.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1065 deaths per 100,000 people | 13.09 deaths per 100,000 people | Burundi |
| 2010s | 0.5535 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1018 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4517 deaths per 100,000 people | Burundi |
| 2020s | 0.6188 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5919 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.027 deaths per 100,000 people | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, Burundi or Papua New Guinea?
- Burundi, at 0.4309 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.288 deaths per 100,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred between Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1429 deaths per 100,000 people, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Papua New Guinea?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred?
- Burundi ranks 34th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Best estimate of the number of deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate, intrastate, extrasystemic, non-state conflicts, and one-sided violence that were ongoing that year.