Health in Papua New Guinea 1,134 indicators covering health for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Estimated number of malaria cases 1.61 million Cases 2024 down 0.5% 29th Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 55 2023 down 3.5% 126th Medical doctors 0.46 2024 down 6.1% 186th Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 11.3% 2022 down 10.1% 179th Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 12.5% 2022 down 11.5% 174th 3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 36 2022 down 36.8% 194th Nursing and midwifery personnel 8.12 2024 up 70.2% 164th Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 110,000 2025 up 66.7% 41st Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 1.5% 2025 up 36.4% 23rd Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 — 24th Immunization measles vs vaccine safety 26 2024 up 30.0% 177th Share of children vaccinated with mcv2 26 2024 up 30.0% 177th Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 — 24th TB patients with known HIV status 64.0% 2024 up 156.0% 157th Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 62,607 2025 up 195.3% 48th Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 57.0% 2025 up 78.1% 113th Dentists 0.06 2024 down 60.0% 156th Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 778 2024 up 143.1% 25th Hib3 number unvaccinated 160,942 2023 up 73.0% 30th Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 2,400 2025 up 9.1% 36th Capital health expenditure 0.4% 2022 down 28.3% 34th Adolescent birth rate 1.11 2016 down 84.8% 55th Tested TB patients HIV-positive 5.1% 2024 down 53.6% 87th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0.0% 2021 — 3rd Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 0-4 0.0% 2021 — 3rd Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 4.3% 2021 — 1st Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 2.2% 2021 — 11th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 5-14 3.1% 2021 — 4th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 3.2% 2021 — 42nd Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 5.4% 2021 — 34th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 4.5% 2021 — 37th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 4.1% 2021 — 41st Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 7.3% 2021 — 27th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 5.9% 2021 — 31st Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, female 3.1% 2021 — 40th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, male 5.2% 2021 — 33rd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 41.1% 2021 down 11.7% 47th Cause of death, by injury 7.1% 2021 down 13.4% 85th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 47.6% 2021 up 5.0% 138th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 4.3% 2021 — 35th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 88.7% 2021 up 1.2% 20th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 86.7% 2021 up 1.0% 26th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 87.5% 2021 up 1.1% 24th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 50.2% 2021 down 11.8% 49th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 34.2% 2021 down 6.2% 56th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 41.0% 2021 down 9.9% 53rd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 35.2% 2021 down 9.5% 61st Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 35.8% 2021 down 0.8% 44th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 35.5% 2021 down 4.8% 52nd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 24.6% 2021 up 16.3% 65th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 30.1% 2021 up 12.5% 55th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 27.7% 2021 up 13.8% 50th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 40.1% 2021 down 14.5% 48th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 41.8% 2021 down 9.5% 48th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, female 3.1% 2021 down 11.3% 168th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, male 3.8% 2021 down 10.2% 156th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4 3.5% 2021 down 10.6% 163rd Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, female 15.8% 2021 down 2.3% 166th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, male 39.6% 2021 down 4.9% 62nd Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 29.4% 2021 down 2.8% 105th ← Previous Page 13 of 19 Next →