Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Mortality rates at age 25
Papua New Guinea
0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.2796 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
48th
Sierra Leone rank
45th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.2796 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0039 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 48th and Sierra Leone ranks 45th of 236 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0926 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 0.8383 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1967 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.5842 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8328 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2486 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.4519 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.763 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3112 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.3924 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6372 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.3536 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7054 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3517 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.3114 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4432 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1318 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2758 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.287 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0112 deaths per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Papua New Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.2796 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0039 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 48th and Sierra Leone ranks 45th 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.