Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

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

In Nigeria, 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 8.1 years longer

In Nigeria, the average life expectancy is 61 years (60 years for men, 63 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 Nigeria, 8.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 84.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Nigeria, 16.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

make 16.3% less money

Nigeria has a GDP per capita of $4,900 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

pay a 75.0% higher top tax rate

Nigeria has a top tax rate of 24.0% as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, the top tax rate is 42.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 84.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nigeria, approximately 917.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 145.0 women do as of 2017.

be 40.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Nigeria, approximately 56.7 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.

have 15.1% fewer children

In Nigeria, there are approximately 34.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, there are 29.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 69.4% less likely to have internet access

In Nigeria, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 42.5% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Nigeria, approximately 83% of people have improved drinking water access (95% in urban areas, and 69% 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 23.3% less on healthcare

Nigeria spends 3.0% 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 6.0 times more coastline

Nigeria has a total of 853 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, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria.

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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