If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Antigua and Barbuda, you would:

Health

be 18.2% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Antigua and Barbuda, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 0.9% of people as of 2020.

live 8.4 years less

In Antigua and Barbuda, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 years for men, 80 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 12.7% more likely to be obese

In Antigua and Barbuda, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 75.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Antigua and Barbuda, 11.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.6% as of 2023.

make 85.4% less money

Antigua and Barbuda has a GDP per capita of $28,700 as of 2023, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,200 as of 2023.

Life

have 88.6% more children

In Antigua and Barbuda, there are approximately 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Papua New Guinea, there are 28.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 35.2% less likely to be literate

In Antigua and Barbuda, the literacy rate is 99.0% as of 2015. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 2.3 times more likely to die during infancy

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 14.3 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 81.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 96% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 19% of people on average (65% in urban areas, and 14% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 66.7% less likely to have internet access

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 96.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Papua New Guinea, about 32.0% do as of 2021.

be 50.9% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 97% of people have improved drinking water access as of 2017. In Papua New Guinea, 48% of people do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 63.2% less on education

Antigua and Barbuda spends 3.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Papua New Guinea spends 1.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 55.4% less on healthcare

Antigua and Barbuda spends 5.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 33.7 times more coastline

Antigua and Barbuda has a total of 153 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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