Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 58.7% less likely to be obese

In Papua New Guinea, 21.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Senegal, that number is 8.8% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 10.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Papua New Guinea, 2.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Senegal, that number is 2.9% as of 2023.

be 26.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Papua New Guinea, 37.0% live below the poverty line as of 2002. In Senegal, however, that number is 46.7% as of 2011.

Life

be 35.9% more likely to die during childbirth

In Papua New Guinea, approximately 192.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Senegal, 261.0 women do as of 2020.

be 12.3% less likely to be literate

In Papua New Guinea, the literacy rate is 64.2% as of 2015. In Senegal, it is 56.3% as of 2021.

Basic Needs

be 3.6 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Papua New Guinea, approximately 19% of people have electricity access (65% in urban areas, and 14% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Senegal, that number is 68% of people on average (94% in urban areas, and 43% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 81.2% more likely to have internet access

In Papua New Guinea, approximately 32.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Senegal, about 58.0% do as of 2021.

be 83.8% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Papua New Guinea, approximately 48% of people have improved drinking water access (86% in urban areas, and 42% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Senegal, that number is 87% of people on average (96% in urban areas, and 79% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 3.9 times more on education

Papua New Guinea spends 1.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Senegal spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Papua New Guinea spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Senegal, that number is 5.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 89.7% less coastline

Papua New Guinea has a total of 5,152 km of coastline. In Senegal, that number is 531 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Senegal: At a glance

Senegal is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 192,530 sq km. The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in 1960. The union broke up after only a few months. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has led a low-level separatist insurgency in southern Senegal since the 1980s, and several peace deals have failed to resolve the conflict. Nevertheless, Senegal remains one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. Senegal was ruled by a Socialist Party for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000. He was reelected in 2007 and during his two terms amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and to weaken the opposition. His decision to run for a third presidential term sparked a large public backlash that led to his defeat in a March 2012 runoff election with Macky SALL.
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