Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Anguilla instead of Papua New Guinea, you would:
Health
live 15.9 years longer
In Papua New Guinea, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2024. In Anguilla, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 37.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Papua New Guinea, 37.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Anguilla, however, that number is 23.0% as of 2002.
Life
be 90.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Papua New Guinea, approximately 31.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Anguilla, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2022.
have 51.4% fewer children
In Papua New Guinea, there are approximately 24.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Anguilla, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 4.9 times more likely to have access to electricity
In Papua New Guinea, approximately 20% of the population has electricity access as of 2023. In Anguilla, 100% of the population do as of 2020.
be 4.3 times more likely to have internet access
In Papua New Guinea, approximately 18.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Anguilla, about 81.6% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 5.1 times more on education
Papua New Guinea spends 0.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Anguilla spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 98.8% less coastline
Papua New Guinea has a total of 5,152 km of coastline. In Anguilla, that number is 61 km.
Infrastructure
find 139.5 times more home broadband
Papua New Guinea has 0.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Anguilla has 32.1 as of 2022.
Sources: The World Factbook (2002–2024), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this
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