Papua New Guinea vs Paraguay: Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters

Papua New Guinea
6.51 per 100,000 population
in 2021
Paraguay
4.94 per 100,000 population
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
27th
Paraguay rank
30th

Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
0246200520142023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 6.51 per 100,000 population against 4.94 per 100,000 population in Paraguay, a difference of 1.57 per 100,000 population.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Paraguay ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 27th and Paraguay ranks 30th of 140 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Paraguay Difference Ahead
2000s 1.69 per 100,000 population 0.3 per 100,000 population 1.39 per 100,000 population Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.2714 per 100,000 population 0.2386 per 100,000 population 0.0329 per 100,000 population Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters, Papua New Guinea or Paraguay?
Papua New Guinea, at 6.51 per 100,000 population against 4.94 per 100,000 population in Paraguay as of 2021.
What is the difference in rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters between Papua New Guinea and Paraguay?
1.57 per 100,000 population, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Paraguay?
12 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2019.
How do Papua New Guinea and Paraguay rank globally for rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters?
Papua New Guinea ranks 27th and Paraguay ranks 30th of 140 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data, published as Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rate of deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters
Unit
per 100,000 population
Source
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
140 places, 2,067 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed

Number of deaths and missing persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population (number).