Health in Papua New Guinea

1,123 indicators covering health for Papua New Guinea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Prevalence of overweight, male 46.8% 2022 up 10.9% 123rd
Prevalence of overweight, female 56.2% 2022 up 12.2% 92nd
Immunization, HepB3 42.0% 2024 down 19.2% 185th
Hivaids deaths and averted due to art 4,270 2024 up 85.1% 42nd
Live Births Surviving to Age 1 227.22 2100 down 4.9% 76th
Future life expectancy projections 74.76 2100 up 1.6% 206th
Life expectancy at age 15 75.89 2100 up 1.4% 208th
Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ 0.48 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 50.0% 9th
Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV 120,000 2024 up 76.5% 39th
Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24 1.2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 15-24 2024 up 55.8% 11th
Newborns protected against tetanus 63.0% 2024 down 10.0% 100th
Measles - number of reported cases 0 2025 down 100.0% 143rd
Diphtheria - number of reported cases 0 2025 60th
Total tetanus - number of reported cases 27 2025 33rd
Pertussis - number of reported cases 0 2025 137th
Population ages 80 and above, male 17,597 2025 up 23.5% 125th
Population ages 80 and above, female 20,195 2025 up 52.4% 134th
Population ages 75-79, male 29,034 2025 up 42.1% 119th
Population ages 75-79, female 29,220 2025 up 54.4% 132nd
Population ages 70-74, male 55,200 2025 up 46.8% 114th
Population ages 70-74, female 53,320 2025 up 60.8% 130th
Population ages 65-69, male 95,523 2025 up 57.0% 105th
Population ages 65-69, female 86,090 2025 up 71.3% 122nd
Population ages 60-64, male 142,665 2025 up 59.4% 98th
Population ages 60-64, female 130,336 2025 up 75.5% 115th
Population ages 55-59, male 183,006 2025 up 40.0% 94th
Population ages 55-59, female 177,617 2025 up 68.1% 104th
Population ages 50-54, male 225,374 2025 up 28.8% 95th
Population ages 50-54, female 228,045 2025 up 53.0% 99th
Population ages 45-49, male 269,386 2025 up 29.0% 98th
Population ages 45-49, female 277,506 2025 up 42.3% 96th
Population ages 40-44, male 315,513 2025 up 29.0% 97th
Population ages 40-44, female 325,262 2025 up 33.8% 94th
Population ages 35-39, male 376,247 2025 up 33.2% 94th
Population ages 35-39, female 374,627 2025 up 29.8% 89th
Population ages 30-34, male 426,923 2025 up 32.0% 86th
Population ages 30-34, female 404,835 2025 up 22.2% 87th
Population ages 25-29, male 471,504 2025 up 23.2% 83rd
Population ages 25-29, female 434,657 2025 up 16.0% 85th
Population ages 20-24, male 517,502 2025 up 19.4% 82nd
Population ages 20-24, female 468,765 2025 up 17.5% 84th
Population ages 15-19, male 555,565 2025 up 17.1% 81st
Population ages 15-19, female 503,905 2025 up 18.8% 82nd
Population ages 10-14, male 592,048 2025 up 15.6% 81st
Population ages 10-14, female 544,961 2025 up 19.1% 82nd
Population ages 05-09, male 618,009 2025 up 12.8% 78th
Population ages 05-09, female 576,047 2025 up 15.3% 79th
Population ages 00-04, male 639,100 2025 up 7.5% 77th
Population ages 00-04, female 597,234 2025 up 7.9% 79th
Population ages 80 and above, male 0.3% 2025 up 1.2% 185th
Population ages 80 and above, female 0.4% 2025 up 22.6% 202nd
Population ages 75-79, male 0.5% 2025 up 16.5% 170th
Population ages 75-79, female 0.6% 2025 up 24.3% 195th
Population ages 70-74, male 1.0% 2025 up 20.3% 165th
Population ages 70-74, female 1.0% 2025 up 29.4% 188th
Population ages 65-69, male 1.7% 2025 up 28.7% 156th
Population ages 65-69, female 1.6% 2025 up 37.8% 175th
Population ages 60-64, male 2.6% 2025 up 30.6% 154th
Population ages 60-64, female 2.5% 2025 up 41.2% 165th
Population ages 55-59, male 3.3% 2025 up 14.7% 157th