Papua New Guinea - Infant Mortality Rate 1982
75.3
−1.8 from 1981
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate was 75.3 in 1982, decreased +1.8 from 77.1 in 1981. This was the 118th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1982▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 6.5 | -4.4% |
| 2nd | Japan | 6.5 | -7.1% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 6.8 | -1.4% |
| 4th | Iceland | 7.1 | -5.3% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 7.8 | -2.5% |
| 6th | Denmark | 7.9 | -1.3% |
| 7th | Norway | 8.0 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 8.4 | -1.2% |
| 9th | Canada | 9.2 | -5.2% |
| 10th | France | 9.4 | -4.1% |
| 11th | Australia | 10.1 | -2.9% |
| 12th | Ireland | 10.3 | -6.4% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 10.5 | -3.7% |
| 14th | Spain | 10.7 | -7.0% |
| 15th | Singapore | 10.7 | -6.1% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 10.8 | -5.3% |
| 17th | Germany | 11.0 | -6.8% |
| 18th | Belgium | 11.1 | -4.3% |
| 19th | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.5 | -5.7% |
| 20th | United States | 11.6 | -4.1% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 12.2 | -2.4% |
| 22nd | Austria | 12.5 | -5.3% |
| 23rd | Italy | 12.6 | -6.0% |
| 24th | Czechia | 13.2 | -4.3% |
| 25th | Malta | 13.8 | -4.2% |
| 26th | Israel | 14.1 | -4.1% |
| 27th | Brunei Darussalam | 14.3 | -7.1% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 14.5 | -5.2% |
| 29th | Lithuania | 15.0 | -2.6% |
| 30th | Latvia | 15.1 | -0.7% |
| 31st | Greece | 15.2 | -6.7% |
| 32nd | Belarus | 15.7 | -3.1% |
| 33rd | Cyprus | 16.2 | -9.5% |
| 34th | Cuba | 16.4 | -5.2% |
| 35th | Estonia | 16.4 | -3.5% |
| 36th | Dominica | 17.6 | -4.3% |
| 37th | Bulgaria | 18.1 | -3.7% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 18.1 | -4.2% |
| 39th | Croatia | 18.4 | -4.2% |
| 40th | Seychelles | 18.8 | -7.4% |
| 41st | Costa Rica | 19.2 | -2.0% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 19.8 | -2.9% |
| 43rd | Poland | 19.9 | -2.9% |
| 44th | Portugal | 19.9 | -6.1% |
| 45th | Malaysia | 20.1 | -6.5% |
| 46th | Russian Federation | 21.2 | -0.9% |
| 47th | United Arab Emirates | 21.4 | -9.3% |
| 48th | Barbados | 21.5 | -4.4% |
| 49th | St. Lucia | 22.5 | -5.5% |
| 50th | Tonga | 22.5 | -3.0% |
| 51st | Chile | 23.0 | -9.1% |
| 52nd | Ukraine | 23.1 | -2.5% |
| 53rd | Bahamas, The | 24.3 | -1.2% |
| 54th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 24.6 | -6.8% |
| 55th | Korea | 24.7 | -6.8% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 25.4 | -5.6% |
| 57th | Kuwait | 25.4 | -9.0% |
| 58th | Grenada | 25.9 | -4.1% |
| 59th | Romania | 25.9 | -5.1% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 26.5 | -2.9% |
| 61st | Qatar | 27.3 | -4.5% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 28.3 | -7.2% |
| 63rd | Sri Lanka | 28.7 | -6.8% |
| 64th | Uruguay | 29.5 | -8.1% |
| 65th | Fiji | 30.4 | -5.3% |
| 66th | Samoa | 30.5 | -4.1% |
| 67th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 30.7 | -3.5% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 30.8 | -2.8% |
| 69th | Argentina | 31.1 | -7.2% |
| 70th | Panama | 31.5 | -3.4% |
| 71st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.4 | -9.5% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.9 | -2.5% |
| 73rd | Palau | 36.0 | -3.7% |
| 74th | Solomon Islands | 36.2 | -4.0% |
| 75th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 37.4 | -5.6% |
| 76th | Moldova | 38.9 | -3.2% |
| 77th | Colombia | 41.2 | -5.5% |
| 78th | Jordan | 42.5 | -4.3% |
| 79th | Georgia | 44.1 | -3.7% |
| 80th | China | 45.3 | -3.2% |
| 81st | Vanuatu | 45.5 | -6.4% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 45.6 | -4.2% |
| 83rd | Viet Nam | 46.2 | -1.7% |
| 84th | Belize | 46.7 | -3.9% |
| 85th | Marshall Islands | 47.2 | -2.1% |
| 86th | Albania | 47.3 | -8.3% |
| 87th | Libya | 48.0 | -4.8% |
| 88th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 49.2 | -1.2% |
| 89th | Tuvalu | 49.6 | -2.9% |
| 90th | Paraguay | 49.7 | -2.9% |
| 91st | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.4 | 4.1% |
| 92nd | North Macedonia | 50.5 | -4.5% |
| 93rd | Philippines | 51.0 | -1.0% |
| 94th | Mexico | 53.5 | -4.1% |
| 95th | Iraq | 53.7 | -3.1% |
| 96th | Tunisia | 53.9 | -5.6% |
| 97th | Botswana | 54.2 | -5.1% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | 54.6 | -0.2% |
| 99th | São Tomé and Principe | 55.4 | 1.8% |
| 100th | Kazakhstan | 57.6 | -3.4% |
| 101st | Guyana | 58.3 | -0.7% |
| 102nd | Congo, Republic of | 61.0 | -1.8% |
| 103rd | West Bank and Gaza | 61.2 | -5.8% |
| 104th | Dominican Republic | 62.1 | -3.3% |
| 105th | Armenia | 63.4 | -3.9% |
| 106th | Ecuador | 63.6 | -4.9% |
| 107th | Honduras | 64.5 | -4.4% |
| 108th | Kenya | 65.3 | -2.2% |
| 109th | Gabon | 68.5 | -2.3% |
| 110th | Namibia | 69.6 | -1.3% |
| 111th | Zimbabwe | 69.6 | -3.6% |
| 112th | Brazil | 70.2 | -4.2% |
| 113th | Oman | 70.8 | -9.2% |
| 114th | Lebanon | 71.4 | 37.0% |
| 115th | El Salvador | 72.8 | -5.0% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | 74.2 | -5.2% |
| 117th | Saudi Arabia | 74.2 | -6.8% |
| 118th | Papua New Guinea | 75.3 | -2.3% |
| 119th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 76.3 | -6.7% |
| 120th | Eswatini | 77.5 | -4.2% |
| 121st | South Africa | 78.6 | -5.2% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 80.0 | -4.2% |
| 123rd | Indonesia | 82.4 | -2.4% |
| 124th | Uzbekistan | 83.0 | -6.0% |
| 125th | Zambia | 84.3 | 1.2% |
| 126th | Azerbaijan | 84.5 | - |
| 127th | Peru | 85.0 | -2.4% |
| 128th | Algeria | 86.9 | -11.4% |
| 129th | Kiribati | 86.9 | -1.6% |
| 130th | Ghana | 88.5 | -0.6% |
| 131st | Sudan | 88.8 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Morocco | 90.8 | -4.2% |
| 133rd | Eritrea | 91.0 | -0.8% |
| 134th | Guatemala | 91.9 | 6.7% |
| 135th | Mongolia | 92.0 | -1.9% |
| 136th | Mauritania | 92.9 | -2.4% |
| 137th | Senegal | 93.0 | -1.8% |
| 138th | Türkiye | 93.4 | -4.7% |
| 139th | Lesotho | 94.4 | -4.3% |
| 140th | Tajikistan | 94.5 | -0.7% |
| 141st | Togo | 95.8 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Turkmenistan | 97.5 | -4.4% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 98.2 | -9.6% |
| 144th | Madagascar | 98.7 | 1.6% |
| 145th | Cameroon | 100.3 | -3.6% |
| 146th | Rwanda | 100.7 | -6.7% |
| 147th | Djibouti | 100.8 | -1.9% |
| 148th | Myanmar | 101.1 | -1.4% |
| 149th | India | 102.5 | -2.7% |
| 150th | Nigeria | 103.6 | -1.1% |
| 151st | Burundi | 103.8 | -4.3% |
| 152nd | Tanzania | 105.6 | 1.1% |
| 153rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 106.4 | -2.1% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 107.7 | -4.9% |
| 155th | Maldives | 108.8 | -5.1% |
| 156th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 110.9 | -1.2% |
| 157th | Benin | 111.6 | -1.5% |
| 158th | Central African Republic | 111.8 | -0.6% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 113.4 | -2.4% |
| 160th | Burkina Faso | 118.5 | -2.1% |
| 161st | Comoros | 119.8 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 120.5 | -2.0% |
| 163rd | Haiti | 123.1 | -2.8% |
| 164th | Uganda | 124.7 | -1.5% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 125.2 | -0.8% |
| 166th | Angola | 125.4 | -0.8% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | 126.1 | -2.6% |
| 168th | Malawi | 127.8 | -0.9% |
| 169th | Chad | 127.8 | -1.0% |
| 170th | Equatorial Guinea | 129.1 | - |
| 171st | Lao PDR | 129.7 | -1.4% |
| 172nd | Bhutan | 131.6 | -3.4% |
| 173rd | Yemen, Republic of | 134.8 | -5.5% |
| 174th | Nepal | 136.1 | -2.8% |
| 175th | Sierra Leone | 139.4 | -0.6% |
| 176th | Niger | 140.7 | 0.4% |
| 177th | Mali | 148.2 | -2.4% |
| 178th | Mozambique | 152.0 | 0.3% |
| 179th | Liberia | 153.8 | -1.0% |
| 180th | South Sudan | 154.5 | -0.7% |
| 181st | Guinea | 154.9 | -1.7% |
| 182nd | Afghanistan | 199.0 | 7.8% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 1982?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 1982 was 75.3. This ranked 118th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate change in 1982?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.3% in 1982 compared to 1981.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1982?▾
Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1982 at 199.0.
What is the infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 1982?▾
The infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 1982 was 75.3. This ranked 118th globally.
How does 1982 compare to 1981 for Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate went from 77.1 in 1981 to 75.3 in 1982, a 2.3% decrease.
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