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

Health

be 35.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 0.9% of people as of 2020.

be 13.8% less likely to be obese

In Jamaica, 24.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

live 6.3 years less

In Jamaica, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 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 67.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Jamaica, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

make 52.9% less money

Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $8,700 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, however, that number is 37.0% as of 2002.

pay a 68.0% higher top tax rate

Jamaica has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, the top tax rate is 42.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 82.5% more children

In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 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 81.2% more likely to die during childbirth

In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 145.0 women do as of 2017.

be 27.6% less likely to be literate

In Jamaica, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2015. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 3.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In Jamaica, approximately 11.2 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 40.5% less likely to have access to electricity

In Jamaica, approximately 99% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 97% 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 80.0% less likely to have internet access

In Jamaica, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 50.7% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Jamaica, approximately 96% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 94% 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 64.8% less on education

Jamaica spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Papua New Guinea spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 62.3% less on healthcare

Jamaica spends 6.1% 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 5.0 times more coastline

Jamaica has a total of 1,022 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, Tax Admministration of Jamaica.

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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