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Road traffic death rate — Papua New Guinea

Road traffic death rate in Papua New Guinea in 2019 — 12.6 per 100k. Ranked 72 in the world out of 183. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 27.6%.

2019 12.6 per 100k −6.67% vs 2018
World rank 72of 183
Period maximum 18.1 per 100k2005
Period minimum 12.6 per 100k2019

Trend over time

2000–2019 · per 100,000 people

Road traffic death rate — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20191214161820200020022004200620082010201220142016201820192000: 17.4 per 100k2001: 17.5 per 100k2002: 18 per 100k2003: 17.6 per 100k2004: 17.7 per 100k2005: 18.1 per 100k2006: 18 per 100k2007: 17.5 per 100k2008: 17.4 per 100k2009: 17.6 per 100k2010: 17.1 per 100k2011: 16.8 per 100k2012: 16.2 per 100k2013: 16.3 per 100k2014: 14.3 per 100k2015: 14.1 per 100k2016: 13.9 per 100k2017: 13.9 per 100k2018: 13.5 per 100k2019: 12.6 per 100k
Change over the period: −4.8 (−27.59%) Average annual rate: -1.68 %

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 12.6 per 100k
World 16.7 per 100k
East Asia & Pacific 16.5 per 100k
Melanesia computed 13 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 17.4 per 100k
Road traffic death rate — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2019 12.6 −0.9 −6.67%
2018 13.5 −0.4 −2.88%
2017 13.9 +0 +0%
2016 13.9 −0.2 −1.42%
2015 14.1 −0.2 −1.4%
2014 14.3 −2 −12.27%
2013 16.3 +0.1 +0.62%
2012 16.2 −0.6 −3.57%
2011 16.8 −0.3 −1.75%
2010 17.1 −0.5 −2.84%
2009 17.6 +0.2 +1.15%
2008 17.4 −0.1 −0.57%
2007 17.5 −0.5 −2.78%
2006 18 −0.1 −0.55%
2005 18.1 +0.4 +2.26%
2004 17.7 +0.1 +0.57%
2003 17.6 −0.4 −2.22%
2002 18 +0.5 +2.86%
2001 17.5 +0.1 +0.57%
2000 17.4 — —

Melanesia, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PG Papua New Guinea 12.6 FJ Fiji 13.5 VU Vanuatu 14.9 SB Solomon Islands 16.5
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About the indicator

The number of people killed in road traffic accidents per 100,000 people per year, as estimated by WHO. An estimate, not the sum of police reports: in many countries only deaths at the scene enter the statistics while those who die in hospital later do not, and WHO brings the data to a single thirty-day rule. The spread between countries reaches tenfold and is determined not so much by the number of cars as by the state of the roads, the rules and compliance with them.

Important: It is calculated per population, not per number of cars or kilometers driven. By risk per kilometer the order of countries is different: in countries with a small vehicle fleet there are more accidents for every car.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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