If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Timor-Leste, you would:

Health

be 5.6 times more likely to be obese

In Timor-Leste, 3.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 28.1% more money

Timor-Leste has a GDP per capita of $3,200 as of 2020, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,100 as of 2020.

be 43.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Timor-Leste, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% as of 2017.

be 11.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Timor-Leste, 41.8% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Papua New Guinea, however, that number is 37.0% as of 2002.

Basic Needs

be 31.2% less likely to have access to electricity

In Timor-Leste, approximately 86% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2018. 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 62.1% less likely to have internet access

In Timor-Leste, approximately 29.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, about 11.0% do as of 2019.

be 45.7% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Timor-Leste, approximately 87% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 82% 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 72.1% less on education

Timor-Leste spends 6.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Papua New Guinea spends 1.9% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 68.1% less on healthcare

Timor-Leste spends 7.2% 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 7.3 times more coastline

Timor-Leste has a total of 706 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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