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IndicatorPNGPapua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #56
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile31.7rank #151
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #96
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #94
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #41
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile33.8rank #172
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #56
Military spending% GDP0.31%rank #144
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.28rank #85
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile54.7rank #155
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile45.4rank #142
Rule of Law0-100 percentile47.1rank #137
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.51rank #85
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.47rank #80
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.38rank #74
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile51.1rank #117
Women in parliament% seats2.7%rank #168
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #128
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment36.9%rank #41
Agriculture value added% GDP17%rank #43
Current account balance% GDP15.5%rank #8
Employment-to-population ratio%50.9%rank #132
External debt stocks% GNI41.9%rank #52
FDI net inflows% GDP-0.64%rank #178
GDPcurrent US$32.5Brank #110
GDP growth%5.6%rank #37
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$3,019.5rank #142
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $4,456.2rank #152
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $3,970.6rank #158
Government expenditure% GDP20.3%rank #62
Gross capital formation% GDP20%rank #113
Gross savings% GDP30.4%rank #29
High-technology exports% manuf. exports10.2%rank #58
Industry value added% GDP36.5%rank #23
Inflation%4.4%rank #125
Labour force participation rate%52.2%rank #147
Personal remittances received% GDP0.01%rank #160
R&D expenditure% GDP0.03%rank #89
Researchers in R&Dper million33.2rank #73
Tax revenue% GDP15.5%rank #56
Trade openness% GDP131.1%rank #25
Unemployment% labor force2.6%rank #25
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.6%rank #25
Vulnerable employment% employment71.2%rank #158
Youth unemployment% ages 15-243.8%rank #16
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-243.9%rank #17
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop53.3%rank #167
Basic sanitation access% pop23.6%rank #169
Child mortalityper 1003.9rank #119
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,177.1rank #167
DTP3 immunization coverage%42%rank #43
Health spending% GDP2.9%rank #180
Infant mortalityper 1k births31.3rank #110
Life expectancyyears66.3rank #185
Maternal mortalityper 100k189rank #80
Measles immunization% children44%rank #42
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%44%rank #42
Physiciansper 1k0.06rank #57
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m314.1rank #75
Road traffic deathsper 100k12.6rank #51
Smoking prevalence% adults39.3%rank #133
Suicide mortality rateper 100k1.8rank #18
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k664rank #150
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births39.4rank #158
Undernourishment% pop28.7%rank #73
Education
Adult literacy%87%rank #27
Education spending% GDP0.78%rank #118
Expected years of schoolingyears11.5rank #145
Mean years of schoolingyears5rank #167
Primary completion rate% relevant age82.7%rank #109
Primary enrollment% gross121.1%rank #9
Secondary enrollment% gross52.1%rank #133
Tertiary enrollment% gross1.9%rank #76
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00024.3rank #55
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.1rank #55
Median age of populationyears22.3rank #160
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.08rank #98
Populationpeople10.76Mrank #91
Population growth%1.7%rank #60
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years69.2rank #190
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands14,906.6rank #85
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age59.1rank #75
Urban population%15.8%rank #205
Climate
CO₂ emissionst8.35Mrank #117
CO₂ per capitat0.79rank #158
Electricity access% pop43.3%rank #69
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation21.1%rank #76
Electricity from solar% generation0.21%rank #151
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land79%rank #9
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita4rank #82
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh513.7rank #111
Renewable electricity%23.7%rank #104
Renewable energy share%54.6%rank #17
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e41.1rank #92
Society
Asylum seekerspeople1,227rank #75
Extreme poverty% pop52.2%rank #46
Female labor participation%50.8%rank #114
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.23rank #142
Gender Development Indexratio0.93rank #77
Gender Inequality Index0-10.58rank #138
Gini indexindex41.9rank #50
Homicide rateper 100k9.3rank #120
Human Development Index0-10.58rank #127
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.42rank #110
Internally displaced personspeople70,124rank #8
Internet users% pop18.8%rank #172
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.57rank #96
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.1rank #173
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.27rank #136
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.53rank #162
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.82rank #177
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people7,727rank #97
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people644rank #67
Youth NEET rate%27.8%rank #146
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year12rank #8
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths31rank #8
Hazard & exposure0-106.2rank #54
Human hazard & exposure0-106.4rank #51
INFORM risk score0-106.3rank #50
Lack of coping capacity0-106.8rank #58
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-107.9rank #66
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.3rank #32
Natural hazard & exposure0-106rank #47
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year31rank #12
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.4rank #61
Vulnerability0-106rank #48
Vulnerable groups0-105.5rank #50
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