Papua New Guinea's mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) was 28.4% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.1 percentage points from 29.5% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 28.4% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 30.8% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 29.5% | 2011 |
| Highest | 31.3% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 28.4% | 2021 |
| Average since 2012 | 30.5% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 30.2% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Papua New Guinea's mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) fell 2.9 percentage points on 2020 (from 31.3% to 28.4%).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.46 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.8 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.9 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 7% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Papua New Guinea had the 33rd highest value of the 185 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28.4% | 2021 |
| World | 20.96% | 2021 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 20.76% | 2021 |
| Lower middle income | 23.82% | 2021 |
Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2021 ranking
- Hungary — 30th of 185: 29%
- Romania — 31st of 185: 29%
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 32nd of 185: 28.5%
- Uzbekistan — 34th of 185: 28.4%
- Guinea-Bissau — 35th of 185: 28.2%
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 36th of 185: 28.1%
What this measures
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).
Limitations: Due to changes in input data and methods, the revisions of the data are not comparable to previously published estimates.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 31.3 |
| 2019 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 30.4 |
| 2017 | 30.2 |
| 2016 | 30.8 |
| 2015 | 31 |
| 2014 | 31.1 |
| 2013 | 30.3 |
| 2012 | 30.3 |
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in nearby economies
More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.41% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.56% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.72 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.84% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.85 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.44% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 3.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.15% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Papua New Guinea's mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)?
- 28.4% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 1.8 percentage points from 30.2% in 2000. The highest value was 31.3% in 2020 and the lowest 28.4% in 2021.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank?
- 33rd highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) unusual for Papua New Guinea?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DYN.NCOM.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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