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

Health

be 30.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Guyana, 1.3% 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 2.4 years less

In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 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.

Economy

be 77.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

make 78.1% less money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $18,700 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

Life

be 78.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guyana, approximately 667.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 145.0 women do as of 2017.

have 73.6% more children

In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, there are 29.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 27.5% less likely to be literate

In Guyana, the literacy rate is 88.5% as of 2015. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 51.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Guyana, approximately 22.1 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 35.8% less likely to have access to electricity

In Guyana, approximately 92% of people have electricity access (97% in urban areas, and 90% in rural areas) as of 2018. 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 70.3% less likely to have internet access

In Guyana, approximately 37.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 50.9% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Guyana, approximately 97% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 96% 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 57.8% less on education

Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Papua New Guinea spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 53.1% less on healthcare

Guyana spends 4.9% 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 11.2 times more coastline

Guyana has a total of 459 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.

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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