East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, adult, male

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
140.16 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
266.08 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
39th
Papua New Guinea rank
36th

Mortality rate, adult, male over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 266.08 per 1,000 male adults against 140.16 per 1,000 male adults in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 125.92 per 1,000 male adults.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.9 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 410.95 per 1,000 male adults 458.65 per 1,000 male adults 47.7 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1970s 298.36 per 1,000 male adults 384.52 per 1,000 male adults 86.16 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1980s 231.87 per 1,000 male adults 338.47 per 1,000 male adults 106.6 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1990s 190.03 per 1,000 male adults 314.51 per 1,000 male adults 124.48 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2000s 166.28 per 1,000 male adults 301.32 per 1,000 male adults 135.05 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2010s 148.67 per 1,000 male adults 283.47 per 1,000 male adults 134.8 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2020s 143.37 per 1,000 male adults 281.26 per 1,000 male adults 137.88 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, male, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 266.08 per 1,000 male adults against 140.16 per 1,000 male adults in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, male between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea?
125.92 per 1,000 male adults, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, adult, male?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 39th and Papua New Guinea ranks 36th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Unit
per 1,000 male 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, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.