Health in Papua New Guinea 1,134 indicators covering health for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 66.13 2023 up 3.5% 195th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 27.3% 2030 down 11.7% 13th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 26.9% 2030 down 11.5% 21st Tb patients tested positive for hiv 1,068 2021 up 101.1% 38th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 511.83 2019 up 3.1% 70th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 46.7% 2019 down 5.8% 47th Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 7,464 2019 up 37.0% 102nd Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 2.5% 2024 up 31.6% 10th Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 110 2019 up 1.9% 145th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 3,900 2024 up 62.5% 17th Neonatal mortality rate - Remains constant 20.07 2030 unchanged 45th Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained 17.74 2030 down 9.8% 46th Neonatal mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 2.8 2030 down 80.6% 1st Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 12 2030 down 34.9% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 39.38 2030 unchanged 39th Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 32.91 2030 down 13.9% 44th Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 81.8% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 25 2030 down 31.5% 1st Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 9.57 2030 up 0.6% 37th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 8.5 2030 down 8.8% 36th Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 5.62 2030 down 25.0% 34th Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 5,202 2030 up 0.9% 55th Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 4,599 2030 down 8.9% 55th Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 3,111 2030 down 34.3% 56th Under-five deaths - Remains constant 10,153 2030 up 0.8% 54th Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 8,486 2030 down 13.1% 54th Under-five deaths - SDG target met 6,447 2030 down 30.9% 55th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 2,192 2030 up 5.8% 63rd Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 1,964 2030 down 3.4% 64th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 12.6 per 100,000 population 2019 down 28.4% 112th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 6.4 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 26.4% 97th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 18.5 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 29.4% 112th Ipv vaccine coverage 52 2024 up 271.4% 188th Deaths in armed conflicts by country, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2026 unchanged 33rd Deaths in armed conflicts by region, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2026 unchanged 33rd Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 23.86 2019 unchanged 28th Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 898 2021 up 349.0% 36th HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 92.0% 2024 up 48.4% 90th Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 33.0% 2022 down 40.0% 151st New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 34.79 2024 down 51.8% 21st Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 75 2023 up 13.6% 74th Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 360,000 2024 up 16.1% 52nd Earthquake deaths 5 2024 up 400.0% 20th Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 15.0% 2025 — 165th Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 42.07 2024 down 17.4% 20th Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 84 2024 up 223.1% 14th Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 445 2024 up 16.8% 24th New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 23.72 2024 up 168.1% 8th Children (0-14) living with HIV 15,000 2024 up 50.0% 15th Ipv1 number unvaccinated 143,610 2023 down 29.1% 29th Children living with hiv 15,000 2024 up 50.0% 15th Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 2,700 2024 up 42.1% 10th Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 — 3rd Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 39.3% 2024 down 10.9% 5th Number of children newly infected with hiv 2,700 2024 up 42.1% 10th Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 2,675 2024 up 38.1% 11th Number of female leprosy new cases 121 2024 down 36.0% 26th Estimated number of malaria deaths 3,315 2024 up 5.5% 31st Estimated number of malaria cases 1.61 million 2024 down 0.5% 29th National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 8 2022 unchanged 1st ← Previous Page 17 of 19 Next →