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

Papua New Guinea
266.08 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
Upper middle income
145.3 per 1,000 male adults
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
37th

Mortality rate, adult, male over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 266.08 per 1,000 male adults against 145.3 per 1,000 male adults in Upper middle income, a difference of 120.78 per 1,000 male adults.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.

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

Papua New Guinea ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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 458.65 per 1,000 male adults 380.52 per 1,000 male adults 78.13 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1970s 384.52 per 1,000 male adults 291.69 per 1,000 male adults 92.83 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1980s 338.47 per 1,000 male adults 240.5 per 1,000 male adults 97.97 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
1990s 314.51 per 1,000 male adults 204.58 per 1,000 male adults 109.93 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2000s 301.32 per 1,000 male adults 181.18 per 1,000 male adults 120.14 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2010s 283.47 per 1,000 male adults 157.65 per 1,000 male adults 125.82 per 1,000 male adults Papua New Guinea
2020s 281.26 per 1,000 male adults 153.49 per 1,000 male adults 127.76 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, Papua New Guinea or Upper middle income?
Papua New Guinea, at 266.08 per 1,000 male adults against 145.3 per 1,000 male adults in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, male between Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
120.78 per 1,000 male 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, male?
Papua New Guinea ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 218 countries.
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.