Ghana vs Papua New Guinea: Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred
Ghana
0.2795 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.288 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Ghana rank
38th
Papua New Guinea rank
36th
Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred over time
- Ghana
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.288 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2795 deaths per 100,000 people in Ghana, a difference of 0.0085 deaths per 100,000 people.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Ghana ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 196 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | 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 | 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8941 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4322 deaths per 100,000 people | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.0801 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1065 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0264 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1018 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1018 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0616 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5919 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5303 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
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, Ghana or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.288 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.2795 deaths per 100,000 people in Ghana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred between Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0085 deaths per 100,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2025.
- How do Ghana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred?
- Ghana ranks 38th 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.