Papua New Guinea - Infant Mortality Rate 1984
72.3
−1.5 from 1983
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate was 72.3 in 1984, decreased +1.5 from 73.8 in 1983. This was the 126th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1984▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Japan | 5.8 | -6.5% |
| 2nd | Finland | 6.2 | -1.6% |
| 3rd | Iceland | 6.4 | -4.5% |
| 4th | Sweden | 6.5 | -1.5% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 7.4 | -2.6% |
| 6th | Denmark | 7.9 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 8.0 | -2.4% |
| 8th | Norway | 8.2 | 1.2% |
| 9th | Canada | 8.3 | -4.6% |
| 10th | France | 8.8 | -3.3% |
| 11th | Ireland | 9.3 | -4.1% |
| 12th | Singapore | 9.4 | -6.0% |
| 13th | Australia | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 14th | Spain | 9.6 | -5.0% |
| 15th | Germany | 9.7 | -5.8% |
| 16th | Luxembourg | 9.8 | -3.0% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 10.0 | -2.9% |
| 18th | Belgium | 10.2 | -3.8% |
| 19th | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.7 | -2.7% |
| 20th | United States | 10.9 | -2.7% |
| 21st | Italy | 11.2 | -5.9% |
| 22nd | Austria | 11.3 | -5.0% |
| 23rd | New Zealand | 11.6 | -2.5% |
| 24th | Czechia | 12.4 | -3.1% |
| 25th | Brunei Darussalam | 12.5 | -6.0% |
| 26th | Israel | 12.8 | -4.5% |
| 27th | Malta | 12.8 | -3.8% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 13.0 | -5.8% |
| 29th | Cyprus | 13.2 | -9.6% |
| 30th | Greece | 13.7 | -4.9% |
| 31st | Latvia | 14.0 | -4.8% |
| 32nd | Lithuania | 14.2 | -2.7% |
| 33rd | Belarus | 14.7 | -3.3% |
| 34th | Cuba | 14.8 | -5.1% |
| 35th | Estonia | 15.4 | -3.1% |
| 36th | Dominica | 16.5 | -2.9% |
| 37th | Slovak Republic | 16.5 | -4.6% |
| 38th | Seychelles | 16.5 | -5.7% |
| 39th | Bulgaria | 16.6 | -4.6% |
| 40th | Croatia | 16.7 | -4.6% |
| 41st | Portugal | 17.5 | -6.4% |
| 42nd | Malaysia | 17.6 | -6.4% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 17.9 | -8.2% |
| 44th | Poland | 18.5 | -3.6% |
| 45th | Costa Rica | 19.0 | -0.5% |
| 46th | Chile | 19.4 | -7.2% |
| 47th | Hungary | 19.7 | -0.5% |
| 48th | Barbados | 20.0 | -3.4% |
| 49th | Russian Federation | 20.5 | -1.9% |
| 50th | St. Lucia | 20.6 | -4.2% |
| 51st | Korea | 21.0 | -7.9% |
| 52nd | Kuwait | 21.0 | -8.7% |
| 53rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.4 | -7.0% |
| 54th | Tonga | 21.4 | -2.3% |
| 55th | Ukraine | 21.5 | -3.6% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 22.9 | -4.6% |
| 57th | Bahamas, The | 23.7 | -1.3% |
| 58th | Grenada | 23.8 | -4.4% |
| 59th | Romania | 24.1 | -2.0% |
| 60th | Mauritius | 24.2 | -6.6% |
| 61st | Sri Lanka | 24.3 | -8.6% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 24.5 | - |
| 63rd | British Virgin Islands | 24.7 | -3.5% |
| 64th | Qatar | 24.8 | -4.6% |
| 65th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.2 | - |
| 66th | Uruguay | 26.2 | -5.1% |
| 67th | Argentina | 27.5 | -5.5% |
| 68th | Fiji | 27.5 | -4.8% |
| 69th | Samoa | 28.1 | -4.1% |
| 70th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.4 | -9.0% |
| 71st | Jamaica | 29.1 | -2.7% |
| 72nd | Panama | 29.3 | -3.6% |
| 73rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 29.3 | -2.0% |
| 74th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 33.1 | -6.0% |
| 75th | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.2 | -2.4% |
| 76th | Solomon Islands | 33.7 | -3.4% |
| 77th | Palau | 33.8 | -2.6% |
| 78th | Serbia | 34.7 | - |
| 79th | Moldova | 35.8 | -4.3% |
| 80th | Colombia | 37.1 | -5.1% |
| 81st | Jordan | 39.0 | -4.2% |
| 82nd | Vanuatu | 39.8 | -6.6% |
| 83rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 39.9 | -4.3% |
| 84th | Albania | 40.2 | -7.6% |
| 85th | Lebanon | 41.4 | -4.4% |
| 86th | Georgia | 41.5 | -2.8% |
| 87th | Thailand | 41.8 | -4.1% |
| 88th | Belize | 42.9 | -4.2% |
| 89th | Suriname | 43.0 | -2.1% |
| 90th | China | 43.4 | -1.6% |
| 91st | Libya | 43.5 | -4.8% |
| 92nd | Viet Nam | 44.7 | -1.8% |
| 93rd | Marshall Islands | 44.9 | -2.6% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 46.1 | -3.6% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 46.4 | -3.3% |
| 96th | Tuvalu | 47.3 | -2.1% |
| 97th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 48.2 | -1.0% |
| 98th | Tunisia | 48.3 | -5.3% |
| 99th | Botswana | 49.1 | -4.7% |
| 100th | Mexico | 49.1 | -4.3% |
| 101st | Philippines | 49.4 | -1.8% |
| 102nd | Iraq | 50.6 | -2.9% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | 53.6 | -3.6% |
| 104th | Cabo Verde | 53.8 | -1.1% |
| 105th | West Bank and Gaza | 54.3 | -5.7% |
| 106th | Ecuador | 57.1 | -5.3% |
| 107th | Guyana | 57.4 | -0.9% |
| 108th | Oman | 57.6 | -9.9% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | 58.0 | 2.5% |
| 110th | Armenia | 58.4 | -3.9% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 58.4 | -3.0% |
| 112th | Congo, Republic of | 58.6 | -2.2% |
| 113th | Honduras | 58.8 | -4.4% |
| 114th | Zimbabwe | 63.0 | -5.3% |
| 115th | Kenya | 63.1 | -1.6% |
| 116th | Algeria | 64.3 | -14.4% |
| 117th | Saudi Arabia | 64.3 | -7.1% |
| 118th | Brazil | 64.7 | -3.9% |
| 119th | Gabon | 65.3 | -2.4% |
| 120th | El Salvador | 65.3 | -5.4% |
| 121st | Namibia | 66.2 | -2.9% |
| 122nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 67.2 | -5.9% |
| 123rd | Nicaragua | 67.3 | -4.5% |
| 124th | Eswatini | 70.6 | -11.9% |
| 125th | South Africa | 70.9 | -5.0% |
| 126th | Papua New Guinea | 72.3 | -2.0% |
| 127th | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.7 | -4.7% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 73.8 | -5.6% |
| 129th | Guatemala | 77.1 | -3.7% |
| 130th | Indonesia | 78.2 | -2.6% |
| 131st | Peru | 79.3 | -3.8% |
| 132nd | Azerbaijan | 81.1 | -1.9% |
| 133rd | Morocco | 83.2 | -4.3% |
| 134th | Kiribati | 83.7 | -2.1% |
| 135th | Türkiye | 84.4 | -5.0% |
| 136th | Ghana | 86.8 | -1.3% |
| 137th | Lesotho | 87.0 | -3.9% |
| 138th | Mauritania | 87.4 | -3.4% |
| 139th | Mongolia | 88.2 | -2.1% |
| 140th | Zambia | 88.2 | 2.7% |
| 141st | Cambodia | 88.3 | -3.7% |
| 142nd | Turkmenistan | 88.5 | -4.8% |
| 143rd | Senegal | 88.9 | -2.5% |
| 144th | Tajikistan | 91.0 | -2.4% |
| 145th | Rwanda | 91.6 | -3.7% |
| 146th | Togo | 92.3 | -1.8% |
| 147th | Cameroon | 92.5 | -4.0% |
| 148th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 95.3 | -6.3% |
| 149th | Burundi | 95.4 | -3.9% |
| 150th | Djibouti | 97.2 | -1.8% |
| 151st | India | 97.6 | -2.3% |
| 152nd | Maldives | 98.2 | -4.9% |
| 153rd | Myanmar | 98.3 | -1.3% |
| 154th | Madagascar | 100.8 | 0.7% |
| 155th | Nigeria | 103.0 | -0.1% |
| 156th | Côte d'Ivoire | 103.1 | -1.4% |
| 157th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 105.8 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Tanzania | 107.7 | 0.8% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 108.1 | -2.4% |
| 160th | Benin | 108.3 | -1.5% |
| 161st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 108.5 | -1.0% |
| 162nd | Sudan | 109.5 | -0.6% |
| 163rd | Central African Republic | 110.7 | -0.4% |
| 164th | Comoros | 112.8 | -3.0% |
| 165th | Burkina Faso | 113.8 | -2.0% |
| 166th | Gambia, The | 115.3 | -2.3% |
| 167th | Haiti | 116.3 | -2.8% |
| 168th | Uganda | 118.7 | -2.5% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | 119.1 | -2.9% |
| 170th | Yemen, Republic of | 120.6 | -5.3% |
| 171st | Bhutan | 122.0 | -3.8% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | 122.7 | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Angola | 123.4 | -0.6% |
| 174th | Equatorial Guinea | 124.8 | -1.7% |
| 175th | Chad | 125.2 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Lao PDR | 126.2 | -1.3% |
| 177th | Nepal | 127.9 | -3.1% |
| 178th | Malawi | 131.3 | 1.9% |
| 179th | Sierra Leone | 138.1 | -0.5% |
| 180th | Mali | 141.1 | -2.4% |
| 181st | Eritrea | 141.4 | -1.5% |
| 182nd | Niger | 144.2 | 1.4% |
| 183rd | Guinea | 149.7 | -1.8% |
| 184th | Mozambique | 151.8 | -0.2% |
| 185th | South Sudan | 152.0 | -0.7% |
| 186th | Liberia | 153.1 | 0.0% |
| 187th | Afghanistan | 207.7 | 6.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 1984?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 1984 was 72.3. This ranked 126th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate change in 1984?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.0% in 1984 compared to 1983.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1984?▾
Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1984 at 207.7.
What is the infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 1984?▾
The infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 1984 was 72.3. This ranked 126th globally.
How does 1984 compare to 1983 for Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate went from 73.8 in 1983 to 72.3 in 1984, a 2.0% decrease.
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