Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 34.5% less likely to be obese

In Libya, 32.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2016.

live 7.8 years less

In Libya, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 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.

Economy

be 85.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.6% as of 2023.

make 76.3% less money

Libya has a GDP per capita of $17,700 as of 2023, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,200 as of 2023.

pay a 4.2 times higher top tax rate

Libya has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Papua New Guinea, the top tax rate is 42.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 38.4% more children

In Libya, there are approximately 20.3 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 2.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Libya, approximately 72.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Papua New Guinea, 192.0 women do as of 2020.

be 29.5% less likely to be literate

In Libya, the literacy rate is 91.0% as of 2015. In Papua New Guinea, it is 64.2% as of 2015.

be 3.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In Libya, approximately 11.2 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 72.9% less likely to have access to electricity

In Libya, approximately 70% 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 30.7% less likely to have internet access

In Libya, approximately 46.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Papua New Guinea, about 32.0% do as of 2021.

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

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

Geography

see 2.9 times more coastline

Libya has a total of 1,770 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, Ministry of Finance, Internal Revenue Commission, Papua New Guinea.

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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