Chile vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning

Chile
0.42 per 100,000 population
in 2021
Papua New Guinea
0.44 per 100,000 population
in 2021
Chile rank
97th
Papua New Guinea rank
96th

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning over time

  • Chile
  • Papua New Guinea
0.20.30.40.50.60.7200020102021

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.44 per 100,000 population against 0.42 per 100,000 population in Chile, a difference of 0.02 per 100,000 population.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Chile ranks 97th and Papua New Guinea ranks 96th of 185 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 0.429 per 100,000 population 0.559 per 100,000 population 0.13 per 100,000 population Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.338 per 100,000 population 0.517 per 100,000 population 0.179 per 100,000 population Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.41 per 100,000 population 0.395 per 100,000 population 0.015 per 100,000 population Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, Chile or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.44 per 100,000 population against 0.42 per 100,000 population in Chile as of 2021.
What is the difference in mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning between Chile and Papua New Guinea?
0.02 per 100,000 population, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Papua New Guinea?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Chile and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning?
Chile ranks 97th and Papua New Guinea ranks 96th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), published as Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Chile vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-attributed-to-unintentional-poisoning-per-100-000-population/chile/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/mortality-rate-attributed-to-unintentional-poisoning-per-100-000-population/chile/papua-new-guinea/">Chile vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
Unit
per 100,000 population
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 5,104 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.