North America vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate, adult, male

North America
141.47 per 1,000 male adults
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
266.08 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
North America rank
38th
Papua New Guinea rank
36th

Mortality rate, adult, male over time

  • North America
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 266.08 per 1,000 male adults against 141.47 per 1,000 male adults in North America, a difference of 124.61 per 1,000 male adults.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.9 times North America's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

North America ranks 38th 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 North America Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 230.11 per 1,000 male adults 458.65 per 1,000 male adults 228.54 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1970s 213.24 per 1,000 male adults 384.52 per 1,000 male adults 171.29 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1980s 177.24 per 1,000 male adults 338.47 per 1,000 male adults 161.23 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1990s 156.99 per 1,000 male adults 314.51 per 1,000 male adults 157.52 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2000s 136.39 per 1,000 male adults 301.32 per 1,000 male adults 164.93 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2010s 129.32 per 1,000 male adults 283.47 per 1,000 male adults 154.15 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2020s 155.68 per 1,000 male adults 285.05 per 1,000 male adults 129.37 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, North America or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 266.08 per 1,000 male adults against 141.47 per 1,000 male adults in North America as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, male between North America and Papua New Guinea?
124.61 per 1,000 male adults, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Papua New Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do North America and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate, adult, male?
North America ranks 38th 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.