Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 39.8% less likely to be obese

In Saudi Arabia, 35.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

live 7.2 years less

In Saudi Arabia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 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 58.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Saudi Arabia, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

make 90.7% less money

Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $44,300 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

Life

have 2.0 times more children

In Saudi Arabia, there are approximately 14.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, there are 29.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 8.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 145.0 women do as of 2017.

be 34.2% less likely to be literate

In Saudi Arabia, the literacy rate is 97.6% as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 12.3 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 Saudi Arabia, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2020. 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 88.8% less likely to have internet access

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 98.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 52.5% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 100% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, 48% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 59.6% less on healthcare

Saudi Arabia spends 5.7% 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 95.2% more coastline

Saudi Arabia has a total of 2,640 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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