Papua New Guinea - Infant Mortality Rate 1987
68.5
−1.2 from 1986
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate was 68.5 in 1987, decreased +1.2 from 69.7 in 1986. This was the 133rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1987▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Japan | 5.0 | -3.8% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 5.7 | -3.4% |
| 3rd | Finland | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Sweden | 6.3 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 7.1 | -1.4% |
| 6th | Monaco | 7.3 | -3.9% |
| 7th | Canada | 7.5 | -2.6% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 7.5 | -2.6% |
| 9th | Singapore | 7.8 | -6.0% |
| 10th | Denmark | 8.0 | 0.0% |
| 11th | France | 8.1 | -2.4% |
| 12th | Norway | 8.2 | -1.2% |
| 13th | Germany | 8.3 | -4.6% |
| 14th | Spain | 8.4 | -4.5% |
| 15th | Ireland | 8.4 | -2.3% |
| 16th | Luxembourg | 8.6 | -4.4% |
| 17th | Australia | 8.8 | -3.3% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 9.1 | -3.2% |
| 19th | Belgium | 9.2 | -3.2% |
| 20th | Austria | 9.4 | -6.0% |
| 21st | Italy | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 9.7 | -2.0% |
| 23rd | United States | 10.1 | -2.9% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 10.4 | -5.5% |
| 25th | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.5 | 1.0% |
| 26th | New Zealand | 10.6 | -3.6% |
| 27th | Brunei Darussalam | 10.8 | -3.6% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 10.8 | -6.9% |
| 29th | Israel | 11.0 | -5.2% |
| 30th | Greece | 11.3 | -6.6% |
| 31st | Malta | 11.3 | -3.4% |
| 32nd | Czechia | 11.6 | -2.5% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 11.9 | -7.0% |
| 34th | Latvia | 11.9 | -4.0% |
| 35th | Cuba | 12.7 | -5.2% |
| 36th | Belarus | 13.2 | -3.6% |
| 37th | Croatia | 13.8 | -6.8% |
| 38th | San Marino | 14.1 | -8.4% |
| 39th | United Arab Emirates | 14.2 | -7.2% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 14.3 | -4.7% |
| 41st | Bulgaria | 14.4 | -3.4% |
| 42nd | Seychelles | 14.4 | -4.0% |
| 43rd | Estonia | 14.5 | -1.4% |
| 44th | Portugal | 14.5 | -6.5% |
| 45th | Malaysia | 14.7 | -5.8% |
| 46th | Dominica | 15.4 | -1.9% |
| 47th | Korea | 15.9 | -9.1% |
| 48th | Poland | 16.6 | -3.5% |
| 49th | Costa Rica | 17.0 | -5.6% |
| 50th | Kuwait | 17.2 | -6.0% |
| 51st | Hungary | 17.5 | -5.4% |
| 52nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 17.6 | -6.4% |
| 53rd | Barbados | 18.2 | -3.2% |
| 54th | Chile | 18.5 | -1.1% |
| 55th | St. Lucia | 18.5 | -3.1% |
| 56th | Montenegro | 18.5 | -8.9% |
| 57th | Russian Federation | 18.8 | -3.1% |
| 58th | Sri Lanka | 18.9 | -6.4% |
| 59th | Ukraine | 19.4 | -3.0% |
| 60th | Tonga | 19.9 | -2.5% |
| 61st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.4 | -7.7% |
| 62nd | Bahrain | 20.7 | -2.4% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 20.9 | -4.6% |
| 64th | Qatar | 21.1 | -5.4% |
| 65th | British Virgin Islands | 21.9 | -4.4% |
| 66th | Bahamas, The | 22.3 | -3.0% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.4 | -6.7% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 23.1 | -4.5% |
| 69th | Fiji | 24.1 | -4.0% |
| 70th | Mauritius | 24.1 | -0.4% |
| 71st | Argentina | 25.0 | -1.6% |
| 72nd | Samoa | 25.2 | -3.4% |
| 73rd | Panama | 26.3 | -3.3% |
| 74th | Romania | 26.8 | 3.5% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 26.9 | -2.5% |
| 76th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 28.1 | -4.7% |
| 77th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 29.6 | 2.1% |
| 78th | Solomon Islands | 30.8 | -2.8% |
| 79th | Serbia | 30.9 | -4.6% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.1 | -2.2% |
| 81st | Moldova | 31.2 | -4.3% |
| 82nd | Palau | 31.4 | -2.2% |
| 83rd | Albania | 32.3 | -6.6% |
| 84th | Colombia | 32.6 | -3.8% |
| 85th | Vanuatu | 32.8 | -5.7% |
| 86th | Jordan | 34.5 | -3.9% |
| 87th | Syrian Arab Republic | 35.2 | -3.8% |
| 88th | Thailand | 36.4 | -4.7% |
| 89th | Belize | 36.9 | -5.1% |
| 90th | Libya | 37.2 | -5.1% |
| 91st | Georgia | 39.2 | -1.3% |
| 92nd | Suriname | 40.2 | -2.2% |
| 93rd | Lebanon | 40.8 | 7.9% |
| 94th | Marshall Islands | 41.1 | -3.1% |
| 95th | Tunisia | 41.7 | -4.6% |
| 96th | Viet Nam | 41.7 | -2.8% |
| 97th | Paraguay | 41.9 | -3.2% |
| 98th | Botswana | 42.0 | -4.8% |
| 99th | Oman | 42.1 | -9.7% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | 42.5 | -4.7% |
| 101st | China | 43.1 | 0.2% |
| 102nd | Mexico | 43.2 | -4.2% |
| 103rd | Algeria | 44.4 | -9.2% |
| 104th | Philippines | 45.1 | -3.8% |
| 105th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 45.3 | -2.4% |
| 106th | West Bank and Gaza | 45.6 | -5.6% |
| 107th | Tuvalu | 45.6 | -0.9% |
| 108th | Iraq | 47.0 | -2.3% |
| 109th | Kazakhstan | 48.0 | -3.6% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 48.3 | -4.7% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 49.0 | -4.7% |
| 112th | Honduras | 51.0 | -4.7% |
| 113th | Saudi Arabia | 51.3 | -7.6% |
| 114th | Armenia | 51.7 | -4.1% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 53.1 | -3.3% |
| 116th | Zimbabwe | 54.8 | -3.7% |
| 117th | El Salvador | 55.2 | -5.3% |
| 118th | Guyana | 55.6 | -1.2% |
| 119th | Congo, Republic of | 56.1 | -0.9% |
| 120th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.9 | -5.2% |
| 121st | Brazil | 58.1 | -3.3% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 59.6 | -3.7% |
| 123rd | Namibia | 60.3 | -2.9% |
| 124th | South Africa | 60.8 | -5.0% |
| 125th | Gabon | 61.5 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Eswatini | 61.8 | -4.2% |
| 127th | São Tomé and Principe | 62.1 | -3.7% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 62.5 | -4.7% |
| 129th | Kenya | 63.0 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 64.0 | -4.2% |
| 131st | Nauru | 67.6 | -4.2% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 68.5 | -3.9% |
| 133rd | Papua New Guinea | 68.5 | -1.7% |
| 134th | Peru | 68.7 | -4.8% |
| 135th | Indonesia | 71.7 | -3.0% |
| 136th | Türkiye | 71.9 | -5.3% |
| 137th | Morocco | 73.1 | -4.1% |
| 138th | Turkmenistan | 76.4 | -4.5% |
| 139th | Azerbaijan | 76.9 | -1.7% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 77.0 | -3.1% |
| 141st | Mauritania | 77.6 | -3.6% |
| 142nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 78.1 | -6.0% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 79.1 | -2.7% |
| 144th | Senegal | 79.4 | -4.1% |
| 145th | Ghana | 80.4 | -3.0% |
| 146th | Tajikistan | 80.5 | -4.6% |
| 147th | Mongolia | 81.2 | -3.0% |
| 148th | Cameroon | 83.3 | -2.8% |
| 149th | Maldives | 84.1 | -5.1% |
| 150th | Rwanda | 85.8 | -2.3% |
| 151st | Cambodia | 86.3 | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Eritrea | 86.5 | -35.6% |
| 153rd | Sudan | 86.9 | -0.7% |
| 154th | Togo | 88.2 | -1.2% |
| 155th | Burundi | 90.2 | -0.7% |
| 156th | India | 90.8 | -2.5% |
| 157th | Djibouti | 92.1 | -1.6% |
| 158th | Myanmar | 94.6 | -1.3% |
| 159th | Zambia | 96.5 | 2.8% |
| 160th | Madagascar | 98.4 | -1.6% |
| 161st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 99.3 | -2.9% |
| 162nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.9 | -0.5% |
| 163rd | Comoros | 102.9 | -3.1% |
| 164th | Benin | 103.3 | -1.6% |
| 165th | Nigeria | 104.4 | 0.6% |
| 166th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 105.4 | -0.9% |
| 167th | Yemen, Republic of | 105.9 | -3.8% |
| 168th | Haiti | 106.7 | -2.8% |
| 169th | Burkina Faso | 106.9 | -2.0% |
| 170th | Gambia, The | 107.0 | -2.6% |
| 171st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 107.3 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | 107.7 | -3.5% |
| 173rd | Tanzania | 108.0 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Bhutan | 108.4 | -3.9% |
| 175th | Kosovo | 109.9 | -6.2% |
| 176th | Central African Republic | 110.0 | -0.2% |
| 177th | Uganda | 111.6 | -1.7% |
| 178th | Nepal | 114.9 | -3.8% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 118.0 | -1.3% |
| 180th | Equatorial Guinea | 120.3 | -0.8% |
| 181st | Lao PDR | 120.4 | -1.7% |
| 182nd | Chad | 120.9 | -1.2% |
| 183rd | Angola | 122.1 | -0.2% |
| 184th | Guinea-Bissau | 128.3 | -1.4% |
| 185th | Mali | 131.6 | -2.2% |
| 186th | Sierra Leone | 136.5 | -0.4% |
| 187th | Malawi | 138.0 | 1.0% |
| 188th | Guinea | 142.0 | -1.7% |
| 189th | Niger | 148.5 | 0.5% |
| 190th | Mozambique | 149.4 | -0.6% |
| 191st | Liberia | 159.8 | 2.0% |
| 192nd | South Sudan | 171.2 | 14.3% |
| 193rd | Afghanistan | 176.9 | -2.3% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 180.7 | -6.8% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 1987?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 1987 was 68.5. This ranked 133rd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate change in 1987?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.7% in 1987 compared to 1986.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1987?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest infant mortality rate in 1987 at 180.7.
What is the infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 1987?▾
The infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 1987 was 68.5. This ranked 133rd globally.
How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate went from 69.7 in 1986 to 68.5 in 1987, a 1.7% decrease.
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