Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 30.0% less money

Tokelau has a GDP per capita of $6,004 as of 2017, while in Papua New Guinea, the GDP per capita is $4,200 as of 2023.

be 32.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Tokelau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Papua New Guinea, that number is 2.6% as of 2023.

Basic Needs

be 45.1% less likely to have internet access

In Tokelau, approximately 58.3% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Papua New Guinea, about 32.0% do as of 2021.

be 52.4% less likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Tokelau, 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 51.0 times more coastline

Tokelau has a total of 101 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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