Papua New Guinea vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, adult, female

Papua New Guinea
175.17 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Upper middle income
79.42 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
38th
Upper middle income rank
35th

Mortality rate, adult, female over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 175.17 per 1,000 female adults against 79.42 per 1,000 female adults in Upper middle income, a difference of 95.75 per 1,000 female adults.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 2.2 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 38th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 352.28 per 1,000 female adults 284.93 per 1,000 female adults 67.35 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea
1970s 287.25 per 1,000 female adults 208.76 per 1,000 female adults 78.49 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea
1980s 243.46 per 1,000 female adults 156.74 per 1,000 female adults 86.72 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea
1990s 231.55 per 1,000 female adults 123.15 per 1,000 female adults 108.4 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea
2000s 230.48 per 1,000 female adults 105.07 per 1,000 female adults 125.42 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea
2010s 193.19 per 1,000 female adults 87.63 per 1,000 female adults 105.56 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea
2020s 185.03 per 1,000 female adults 85.46 per 1,000 female adults 99.57 per 1,000 female adults Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Papua New Guinea or Upper middle income?
Papua New Guinea, at 175.17 per 1,000 female adults against 79.42 per 1,000 female adults in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
95.75 per 1,000 female adults, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
Papua New Guinea ranks 38th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Unit
per 1,000 female adults
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,145 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.