Papua New Guinea - Infant Mortality Rate 2013
42.6
−1.1 from 2012
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate was 42.6 in 2013, decreased +1.1 from 43.7 in 2012. This was the 155th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2013▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iceland | 2.0 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Finland | 2.1 | -4.5% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 2.1 | -8.7% |
| 4th | Japan | 2.2 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 2.2 | -4.3% |
| 6th | Singapore | 2.2 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Slovenia | 2.3 | -4.2% |
| 8th | Norway | 2.4 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Sweden | 2.4 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Cyprus | 2.5 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Czechia | 2.5 | -3.8% |
| 12th | Estonia | 2.8 | -6.7% |
| 13th | Spain | 2.9 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Portugal | 2.9 | -3.3% |
| 15th | Korea | 3.0 | -3.2% |
| 16th | Monaco | 3.0 | -3.2% |
| 17th | France | 3.1 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Italy | 3.1 | -3.1% |
| 19th | Austria | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 20th | Germany | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 21st | Ireland | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 22nd | Israel | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 23rd | Australia | 3.5 | -2.8% |
| 24th | Belgium | 3.5 | 0.0% |
| 25th | Belarus | 3.5 | -5.4% |
| 26th | Denmark | 3.5 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Greece | 3.5 | 2.9% |
| 28th | Netherlands | 3.6 | 0.0% |
| 29th | European Union | 3.7 | -2.7% |
| 30th | Andorra | 3.7 | -5.1% |
| 31st | Switzerland | 3.8 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 4.0 | -2.4% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 4.2 | -2.3% |
| 34th | Montenegro | 4.2 | -8.7% |
| 35th | Croatia | 4.3 | -2.3% |
| 36th | Poland | 4.5 | -4.3% |
| 37th | Cuba | 4.7 | -2.1% |
| 38th | Hungary | 4.7 | -2.1% |
| 39th | Canada | 4.8 | 0.0% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 4.9 | -2.0% |
| 41st | Latvia | 5.0 | -9.1% |
| 42nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.1 | -1.9% |
| 43rd | Slovak Republic | 5.3 | -1.9% |
| 44th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.9 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Malta | 5.9 | -1.7% |
| 46th | Serbia | 5.9 | -3.3% |
| 47th | United States | 5.9 | -1.7% |
| 48th | United Arab Emirates | 6.5 | -3.0% |
| 49th | Bahrain | 6.5 | -1.5% |
| 50th | Malaysia | 6.5 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Qatar | 6.9 | -2.8% |
| 52nd | Chile | 7.1 | -1.4% |
| 53rd | Russian Federation | 7.6 | -3.8% |
| 54th | Bulgaria | 7.8 | -6.0% |
| 55th | Albania | 8.0 | -5.9% |
| 56th | Sri Lanka | 8.1 | -4.7% |
| 57th | Costa Rica | 8.2 | -3.5% |
| 58th | Kuwait | 8.2 | -3.5% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 8.2 | -3.5% |
| 60th | Brunei Darussalam | 8.4 | 1.2% |
| 61st | Saudi Arabia | 8.5 | -6.6% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.9 | -2.2% |
| 63rd | Romania | 8.9 | -6.3% |
| 64th | Oman | 9.2 | -1.1% |
| 65th | North Macedonia | 9.4 | 4.4% |
| 66th | Georgia | 9.6 | -5.0% |
| 67th | China | 9.7 | -7.6% |
| 68th | Maldives | 9.8 | -5.8% |
| 69th | Ukraine | 9.9 | -3.9% |
| 70th | Tonga | 10.0 | -2.0% |
| 71st | Argentina | 10.9 | -4.4% |
| 72nd | Lebanon | 10.9 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Thailand | 11.0 | -2.7% |
| 74th | Libya | 11.4 | -4.2% |
| 75th | Kazakhstan | 11.7 | -12.0% |
| 76th | Barbados | 12.2 | -1.6% |
| 77th | Türkiye | 12.2 | -5.4% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 12.6 | -1.6% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 12.9 | 0.8% |
| 80th | Mauritius | 13.1 | -0.8% |
| 81st | El Salvador | 13.6 | -4.9% |
| 82nd | Panama | 13.9 | -1.4% |
| 83rd | Ecuador | 14.0 | -4.1% |
| 84th | Armenia | 14.1 | -4.7% |
| 85th | British Virgin Islands | 14.1 | 0.7% |
| 86th | Belize | 14.2 | -3.4% |
| 87th | Brazil | 14.4 | -2.7% |
| 88th | Moldova | 14.6 | -1.4% |
| 89th | Colombia | 14.8 | -3.3% |
| 90th | Mexico | 14.8 | -2.6% |
| 91st | Kosovo | 14.8 | -6.9% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 15.0 | 2.7% |
| 93rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15.0 | -4.5% |
| 94th | Samoa | 15.0 | -0.7% |
| 95th | Peru | 15.3 | -2.5% |
| 96th | Jordan | 15.8 | -2.5% |
| 97th | Fiji | 15.9 | -1.2% |
| 98th | St. Lucia | 15.9 | 0.0% |
| 99th | Nicaragua | 16.0 | -4.8% |
| 100th | Viet Nam | 16.0 | -1.2% |
| 101st | Vanuatu | 16.0 | -1.8% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | 16.2 | -0.6% |
| 103rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.7 | 1.2% |
| 104th | Palau | 17.1 | 1.8% |
| 105th | West Bank and Gaza | 17.1 | -3.4% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.1 | -4.5% |
| 107th | Mongolia | 17.3 | -4.9% |
| 108th | Jamaica | 17.8 | 0.0% |
| 109th | São Tomé and Principe | 18.0 | -8.6% |
| 110th | Honduras | 18.3 | -3.7% |
| 111th | Nauru | 19.3 | -8.1% |
| 112th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 19.3 | -6.3% |
| 113th | Suriname | 19.8 | -2.5% |
| 114th | Solomon Islands | 20.2 | -1.5% |
| 115th | Cabo Verde | 20.5 | -6.0% |
| 116th | Paraguay | 20.8 | -2.8% |
| 117th | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.2 | -1.4% |
| 118th | Kyrgyz Republic | 21.5 | -5.3% |
| 119th | Uzbekistan | 21.7 | -7.7% |
| 120th | Philippines | 22.4 | -0.9% |
| 121st | Algeria | 22.7 | -2.2% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.8 | -3.8% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | 23.9 | -3.2% |
| 124th | Morocco | 24.0 | -5.1% |
| 125th | Azerbaijan | 24.1 | -6.2% |
| 126th | Indonesia | 24.1 | -4.0% |
| 127th | Dominica | 25.0 | 3.7% |
| 128th | Syrian Arab Republic | 25.0 | 5.5% |
| 129th | Guatemala | 25.1 | -3.8% |
| 130th | Tajikistan | 26.3 | -3.3% |
| 131st | Bhutan | 26.5 | -5.0% |
| 132nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 28.1 | -2.8% |
| 133rd | Iraq | 28.4 | -2.7% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 29.9 | -5.1% |
| 135th | Marshall Islands | 30.7 | -1.6% |
| 136th | Cambodia | 30.8 | -6.1% |
| 137th | Dominican Republic | 30.9 | 0.3% |
| 138th | Guyana | 32.0 | -2.1% |
| 139th | South Africa | 32.0 | -3.0% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 32.7 | -4.1% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 33.7 | -0.6% |
| 142nd | Eritrea | 34.4 | -3.1% |
| 143rd | Gabon | 35.2 | -3.3% |
| 144th | Nepal | 35.6 | -4.0% |
| 145th | Rwanda | 35.7 | -4.0% |
| 146th | Congo, Republic of | 37.2 | -2.9% |
| 147th | Senegal | 38.5 | -2.0% |
| 148th | Mauritania | 40.1 | -1.7% |
| 149th | Ghana | 40.5 | -3.8% |
| 150th | India | 40.5 | -4.7% |
| 151st | Kenya | 40.9 | -1.0% |
| 152nd | Kiribati | 41.7 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Uganda | 42.2 | -4.3% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 42.4 | -3.0% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | 42.6 | -2.5% |
| 156th | Malawi | 43.6 | -6.4% |
| 157th | Tanzania | 43.7 | -2.9% |
| 158th | Comoros | 44.0 | -2.0% |
| 159th | Madagascar | 44.1 | -1.1% |
| 160th | Zambia | 44.7 | -3.7% |
| 161st | Burundi | 46.3 | -5.5% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 46.6 | -3.3% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 46.8 | -3.3% |
| 164th | Botswana | 47.6 | -2.5% |
| 165th | Namibia | 47.6 | -0.8% |
| 166th | Myanmar | 48.1 | -3.8% |
| 167th | Togo | 48.3 | -3.0% |
| 168th | Sudan | 51.3 | -1.9% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 51.4 | -4.3% |
| 170th | Haiti | 52.4 | -1.9% |
| 171st | Mozambique | 56.1 | -2.4% |
| 172nd | Angola | 56.7 | -6.1% |
| 173rd | Zimbabwe | 57.0 | -4.8% |
| 174th | Cameroon | 57.4 | -4.0% |
| 175th | Eswatini | 57.4 | -1.0% |
| 176th | Guinea-Bissau | 59.4 | -3.9% |
| 177th | Benin | 59.7 | -2.1% |
| 178th | Burkina Faso | 59.8 | -2.9% |
| 179th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 59.9 | -3.1% |
| 180th | Djibouti | 59.9 | -2.8% |
| 181st | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.8 | -3.2% |
| 182nd | Liberia | 65.7 | -2.4% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | 67.6 | -3.3% |
| 184th | Pakistan | 67.9 | -2.7% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | 68.7 | -3.6% |
| 186th | Niger | 69.2 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Nigeria | 71.4 | -0.8% |
| 188th | Guinea | 72.3 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Mali | 72.3 | -2.2% |
| 190th | Lesotho | 72.8 | -0.4% |
| 191st | South Sudan | 72.9 | -1.5% |
| 192nd | Chad | 76.6 | -2.5% |
| 193rd | Sierra Leone | 80.0 | -4.1% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | 81.0 | 5.9% |
| 195th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 89.0 | -20.8% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 2013?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate in 2013 was 42.6. This ranked 155th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate change in 2013?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.5% in 2013 compared to 2012.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2013?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest infant mortality rate in 2013 at 89.0.
What is the infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 2013?▾
The infant mortality rate of Papua New Guinea in 2013 was 42.6. This ranked 155th globally.
How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's infant mortality rate went from 43.7 in 2012 to 42.6 in 2013, a 2.5% decrease.
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