If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Sierra Leone, you would:

Health

be 40.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 0.9% of people as of 2020.

live 10.7 years longer

In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 years for women) as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 69 years (68 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022.

be 2.4 times more likely to be obese

In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.6 times more money

Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

be 83.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Sierra Leone, 15.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

be 34.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Sierra Leone, 56.8% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Papua New Guinea, however, that number is 37.0% as of 2002.

pay a 40.0% higher top tax rate

Sierra Leone has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2014. In Papua New Guinea, the top tax rate is 42.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 87.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Sierra Leone, approximately 1120.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 145.0 women do as of 2017.

be 48.6% more likely to be literate

In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 43.2% as of 2018. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 54.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, on the other hand, 33.6 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.3 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Sierra Leone, approximately 26% of people have electricity access (52% in urban areas, and 6% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 59% of people on average (82% in urban areas, and 55% in rural areas) as of 2018.

be 38.9% less likely to have internet access

In Sierra Leone, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 34.8% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Sierra Leone, approximately 73% of people have improved drinking water access (92% in urban areas, and 58% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 48% of people on average (86% in urban areas, and 42% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 79.6% less on education

Sierra Leone spends 9.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Papua New Guinea spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 73.9% less on healthcare

Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 12.8 times more coastline

Sierra Leone has a total of 402 km of coastline. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 5,152 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Internal Revenue Commission, Papua New Guinea, National Revenue Authority.

Papua New Guinea: At a glance

Papua New Guinea (sometimes abbreviated PNG) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 452,860 sq km. The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.
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