Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Mortality rates at age 25
Malawi
0.2689 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malawi rank
50th
Papua New Guinea rank
48th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Malawi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2689 deaths per 1,000 people in Malawi, a difference of 0.0068 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Malawi ranks 50th and Papua New Guinea ranks 48th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 7 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0829 deaths per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1960s | 0.983 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8383 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1447 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.8737 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5842 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2894 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.7876 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4519 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3357 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.9615 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3924 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5691 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.7476 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3536 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3939 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.416 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3114 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1046 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.2983 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2758 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0225 deaths per 1,000 people | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2689 deaths per 1,000 people in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0068 deaths per 1,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Malawi ranks 50th and Papua New Guinea ranks 48th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.