Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Papua New Guinea: Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita
Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.1905 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.2101 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2026
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
43rd
Papua New Guinea rank
40th
Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.2101 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.1905 deaths per 100,000 people in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 0.0196 deaths per 100,000 people.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 40th of 196 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.512 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 3.38 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6917 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6917 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.2445 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.1652 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.2248 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.0596 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.4852 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.3323 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.1529 deaths per 100,000 people | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2020s | 0.0979 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.2101 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.1905 deaths per 100,000 people in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2026.
- What is the difference in deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0196 deaths per 100,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2025.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea rank globally for deaths rates from disasters vs. gdp per capita?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 43rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 40th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- EM-DAT, CRED / UCLouvain (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate per 100,000 people as a result of a natural disaster.