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

Health

be 19.0% less likely to be obese

In Lithuania, 26.3% 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 Lithuania, the average life expectancy is 76 years (70 years for men, 81 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 70.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Lithuania, 8.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

make 88.8% less money

Lithuania has a GDP per capita of $36,700 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

be 79.6% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Lithuania, 20.6% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Papua New Guinea, however, that number is 37.0% as of 2002.

pay a 2.8 times higher top tax rate

Lithuania has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, the top tax rate is 42.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 3.1 times more children

In Lithuania, there are approximately 9.3 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 29.0 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Lithuania, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 145.0 women do as of 2017.

be 35.7% less likely to be literate

In Lithuania, the literacy rate is 99.8% as of 2015. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 9.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Lithuania, approximately 3.6 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 41.1% less likely to have access to electricity

In Lithuania, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, 59% of the population do as of 2018.

be 88.8% less likely to have internet access

In Lithuania, approximately 97.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 51.5% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Lithuania, approximately 98% of people have improved drinking water access (100% 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 51.3% less on education

Lithuania spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Papua New Guinea spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 67.1% less on healthcare

Lithuania spends 7.0% 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 57.2 times more coastline

Lithuania has a total of 90 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, State Tax Inspectorate, Internal Revenue Commission, Papua New Guinea.

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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