New Zealand - Death Rate 1998
6.9
−0.4 from 1997
New Zealand's death rate was 6.9 in 1998, decreased +0.4 from 7.3 in 1997. This was the 74th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 1.9 | -1.6% |
| 2nd | Kuwait | 2.0 | 0.7% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 2.5 | -7.0% |
| 4th | French Polynesia | 2.7 | -1.6% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 2.7 | -1.7% |
| 6th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.9 | -7.6% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 3.2 | 3.2% |
| 8th | Oman | 3.4 | -3.7% |
| 9th | Saudi Arabia | 3.4 | -2.4% |
| 10th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.5 | 5.3% |
| 11th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.5 | -1.0% |
| 12th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.8 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Jordan | 3.8 | -1.5% |
| 14th | Costa Rica | 3.9 | -0.5% |
| 15th | American Samoa | 4.4 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Malaysia | 4.5 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.5 | -2.0% |
| 18th | Guam | 4.5 | 0.7% |
| 19th | Libya | 4.5 | 2.6% |
| 20th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.6 | -0.4% |
| 21st | British Virgin Islands | 4.6 | -1.8% |
| 22nd | Singapore | 4.6 | 2.2% |
| 23rd | Lebanon | 4.6 | -0.6% |
| 24th | West Bank and Gaza | 4.8 | -2.0% |
| 25th | Maldives | 4.9 | -6.2% |
| 26th | Panama | 4.9 | -0.5% |
| 27th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.0 | 2.0% |
| 28th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.0 | -5.7% |
| 29th | Tunisia | 5.0 | -1.3% |
| 30th | Ecuador | 5.1 | 1.6% |
| 31st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.1 | -2.3% |
| 32nd | Chile | 5.1 | -1.9% |
| 33rd | Korea | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 34th | New Caledonia | 5.3 | -1.5% |
| 35th | Algeria | 5.4 | -1.6% |
| 36th | Colombia | 5.4 | -0.9% |
| 37th | Samoa | 5.4 | -0.9% |
| 38th | Belize | 5.5 | 2.7% |
| 39th | Vanuatu | 5.5 | -1.2% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 5.5 | -1.3% |
| 41st | Viet Nam | 5.5 | -3.6% |
| 42nd | Mexico | 5.5 | -0.5% |
| 43rd | Cayman Islands | 5.6 | -0.4% |
| 44th | Philippines | 5.6 | -1.4% |
| 45th | Dominican Republic | 5.6 | 0.3% |
| 46th | Albania | 5.6 | -4.4% |
| 47th | Aruba | 5.7 | -0.9% |
| 48th | Azerbaijan | 5.9 | -1.7% |
| 49th | Peru | 5.9 | -1.7% |
| 50th | Andorra | 5.9 | 3.6% |
| 51st | Türkiye | 6.0 | -1.5% |
| 52nd | St. Lucia | 6.0 | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Solomon Islands | 6.1 | -0.5% |
| 54th | Israel | 6.2 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Thailand | 6.2 | 0.5% |
| 56th | Brazil | 6.4 | -0.6% |
| 57th | Fiji | 6.4 | 0.2% |
| 58th | China | 6.5 | -0.2% |
| 59th | Bahamas, The | 6.6 | -0.1% |
| 60th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.6 | -2.3% |
| 61st | El Salvador | 6.6 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Iceland | 6.6 | -2.9% |
| 63rd | Liechtenstein | 6.6 | -10.8% |
| 64th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.6 | -3.0% |
| 65th | Tonga | 6.6 | -0.7% |
| 66th | Morocco | 6.6 | -1.4% |
| 67th | Kosovo | 6.7 | 18.4% |
| 68th | Guatemala | 6.7 | -4.4% |
| 69th | Marshall Islands | 6.7 | -1.2% |
| 70th | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Bermuda | 6.8 | -2.2% |
| 72nd | Australia | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 73rd | Mauritius | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 74th | New Zealand | 6.9 | -5.4% |
| 75th | Cyprus | 6.9 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Nicaragua | 6.9 | 11.0% |
| 77th | Cabo Verde | 7.0 | -4.2% |
| 78th | Sri Lanka | 7.0 | -0.5% |
| 79th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.0 | -2.0% |
| 80th | Iraq | 7.1 | -1.9% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | 7.1 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 7.1 | -0.2% |
| 83rd | Jamaica | 7.1 | -1.2% |
| 84th | Canada | 7.2 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.2 | -1.4% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 7.2 | -7.7% |
| 87th | Cuba | 7.2 | -0.7% |
| 88th | Turkmenistan | 7.3 | -2.0% |
| 89th | Indonesia | 7.4 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5 | -2.1% |
| 91st | Gibraltar | 7.5 | -0.5% |
| 92nd | Japan | 7.5 | 2.7% |
| 93rd | Kiribati | 7.6 | -2.4% |
| 94th | Argentina | 7.6 | 2.6% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.7 | 2.3% |
| 96th | Mongolia | 7.7 | -4.5% |
| 97th | Curaçao | 7.7 | 2.0% |
| 98th | Nauru | 7.8 | 0.9% |
| 99th | Suriname | 7.8 | 1.4% |
| 100th | Malta | 7.8 | 4.0% |
| 101st | Puerto Rico (US) | 7.8 | 1.3% |
| 102nd | Honduras | 7.9 | 40.3% |
| 103rd | Guyana | 8.1 | -3.4% |
| 104th | Greenland | 8.1 | -8.0% |
| 105th | Armenia | 8.1 | 0.6% |
| 106th | San Marino | 8.2 | -0.4% |
| 107th | Tajikistan | 8.3 | -2.8% |
| 108th | Papua New Guinea | 8.3 | 5.3% |
| 109th | North Macedonia | 8.4 | 1.2% |
| 110th | Bhutan | 8.4 | -4.1% |
| 111th | Faroe Islands | 8.5 | -1.2% |
| 112th | Ireland | 8.5 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.5 | -3.6% |
| 114th | United States | 8.6 | -1.1% |
| 115th | Montenegro | 8.7 | 2.4% |
| 116th | Switzerland | 8.8 | -1.1% |
| 117th | Netherlands | 8.8 | 1.1% |
| 118th | Barbados | 8.9 | -1.4% |
| 119th | Nepal | 8.9 | -4.2% |
| 120th | India | 9.0 | -2.0% |
| 121st | Spain | 9.0 | 3.4% |
| 122nd | Bangladesh | 9.0 | -3.9% |
| 123rd | France | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Luxembourg | 9.2 | -2.1% |
| 125th | Channel Islands | 9.3 | -2.1% |
| 126th | Pakistan | 9.3 | -3.2% |
| 127th | Mauritania | 9.5 | -3.2% |
| 128th | Cambodia | 9.5 | -3.3% |
| 129th | Dominica | 9.6 | 0.1% |
| 130th | South Africa | 9.6 | 3.3% |
| 131st | Finland | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Greece | 9.6 | 2.1% |
| 133rd | Slovenia | 9.6 | 1.1% |
| 134th | Poland | 9.7 | -1.0% |
| 135th | Uruguay | 9.7 | 0.8% |
| 136th | Palau | 9.8 | -0.2% |
| 137th | Austria | 9.8 | -2.0% |
| 138th | Slovak Republic | 9.9 | 2.1% |
| 139th | São Tomé and Principe | 10.0 | -1.3% |
| 140th | Italy | 10.0 | 2.0% |
| 141st | Norway | 10.0 | -1.0% |
| 142nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.0 | -1.7% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 10.0 | -1.3% |
| 144th | Myanmar | 10.1 | -1.4% |
| 145th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 10.1 | -1.1% |
| 146th | European Union | 10.1 | 0.0% |
| 147th | Tuvalu | 10.2 | -0.5% |
| 148th | Ghana | 10.2 | -1.4% |
| 149th | Belgium | 10.3 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Kenya | 10.3 | -0.7% |
| 151st | Sudan | 10.4 | -1.8% |
| 152nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 10.4 | 1.3% |
| 153rd | Germany | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 154th | Portugal | 10.5 | 1.0% |
| 155th | Sweden | 10.5 | -0.9% |
| 156th | Czechia | 10.6 | -2.8% |
| 157th | Lao PDR | 10.6 | -2.3% |
| 158th | United Kingdom | 10.8 | 0.0% |
| 159th | Kazakhstan | 10.8 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 10.8 | -1.2% |
| 161st | Georgia | 10.8 | 1.7% |
| 162nd | Haiti | 11.0 | -2.6% |
| 163rd | Denmark | 11.0 | -2.7% |
| 164th | Comoros | 11.1 | -0.8% |
| 165th | Senegal | 11.1 | 0.0% |
| 166th | Monaco | 11.2 | -0.9% |
| 167th | Madagascar | 11.3 | -3.5% |
| 168th | Namibia | 11.3 | 5.1% |
| 169th | Croatia | 11.5 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Lithuania | 11.5 | 0.0% |
| 171st | Moldova | 11.9 | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Botswana | 11.9 | 3.5% |
| 173rd | Romania | 12.0 | -3.2% |
| 174th | Gambia, The | 12.2 | -4.8% |
| 175th | Togo | 12.3 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Benin | 12.3 | -1.6% |
| 177th | Eswatini | 12.8 | 8.0% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 13.0 | -16.1% |
| 179th | Serbia | 13.1 | 1.7% |
| 180th | Isle of Man | 13.4 | -2.1% |
| 181st | Russian Federation | 13.5 | -2.2% |
| 182nd | Cameroon | 13.5 | -0.2% |
| 183rd | Belarus | 13.6 | 0.7% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.6 | 0.6% |
| 185th | Hungary | 13.7 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Tanzania | 13.7 | -2.6% |
| 187th | Lesotho | 13.8 | 7.6% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 13.9 | 1.7% |
| 189th | Estonia | 14.0 | 5.3% |
| 190th | Latvia | 14.2 | 2.9% |
| 191st | Bulgaria | 14.3 | -2.7% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | 14.4 | -2.0% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | 14.5 | 26.4% |
| 194th | Ukraine | 14.7 | -0.9% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | 15.0 | 4.6% |
| 196th | Guinea | 15.6 | -3.2% |
| 197th | Timor-Leste | 15.7 | 1.7% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 15.8 | -2.1% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 15.9 | 0.8% |
| 200th | Uganda | 15.9 | -2.3% |
| 201st | Burkina Faso | 15.9 | -3.0% |
| 202nd | Liberia | 16.2 | -0.3% |
| 203rd | Burundi | 16.5 | -5.5% |
| 204th | Central African Republic | 16.6 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Mozambique | 16.7 | -2.3% |
| 206th | Mali | 16.7 | -2.3% |
| 207th | Zambia | 17.1 | -0.9% |
| 208th | Guinea-Bissau | 17.6 | -2.4% |
| 209th | Rwanda | 17.8 | -1.3% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 18.2 | -1.1% |
| 211th | Chad | 18.2 | -0.9% |
| 212th | Niger | 18.9 | -3.0% |
| 213th | Angola | 18.9 | 4.1% |
| 214th | Malawi | 19.4 | -1.6% |
| 215th | Sierra Leone | 22.1 | 2.9% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 53.4 | 80.3% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's death rate in 1998?▾
New Zealand's death rate in 1998 was 6.9. This ranked 74th globally.
How did New Zealand's death rate change in 1998?▾
New Zealand's death rate decreased by 5.4% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest death rate in 1998?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 1998 at 53.4.
What is the death rate of New Zealand in 1998?▾
The death rate of New Zealand in 1998 was 6.9. This ranked 74th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for New Zealand's death rate?▾
New Zealand's death rate went from 7.3 in 1997 to 6.9 in 1998, a 5.4% decrease.
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