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This table lists the international rankings of Papua New Guinea, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Papua New Guinea, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	144	5,006	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	184	7.90	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	141	527,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	2.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	134	150,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	113	150,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	100	53.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	130	3,560,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	121	$4,295,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	125	$3,169,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	80	-5.70	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	10	14	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	69	8.30	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	32	$1,484,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	86	$22,040,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	16	50.9	1996
Exports	96	$7,886,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	24	68.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	126	7.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	145	49.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	67	-36.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	134	9.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	39	0.40	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	36	22.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	33	37.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	169	40.10	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	118	$16,100,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	157	$3,500	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	135	$28,020,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	46	2.50	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	6	38.10	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	14	40.50	1996
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	33	1.70	1996
Imports	164	$1,830,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	27	4.80	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	38	6.30	2016 est.
Labor force	91	4,365,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	5	85.00	2005 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	74	$10,710,000,000	31 Dec 2012 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	35	37.00	2002 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	108	39.40	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	120	$1,629,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	114	$8,085,000,000	31 Dec 2014 est.
Stock of domestic credit	115	$6,360,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	97	$5,282,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	138	15.9	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	135	1.90	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	109	3,700,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	52	25,400	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	70	14,880	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	53	52,600	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	48	200,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	107	3,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	80	61.1	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	70	30.9	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	8.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	84	0	2013 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	98	900,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	101	3,200,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	109	100,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	33	4,650,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	54	4,750,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	47	151,300,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	105	42,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	85	8,062	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	114	21,180	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	87	28,340	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	31	5,152	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	34	4509	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	35	0	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	170	0	2003
Land Area - sq km	55	452,860.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	125	824	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	190	2.60	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	153	0.70	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	23	63.10	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	68	34.30	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	68	1.50	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	157	0.40	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	53	667	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	207	15.00	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	55	462,840.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	19	801.00	2011
Water Area - sq km	49	9,980	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	103	0.54	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	93	1,131,387	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	94	1,173,034	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	56	33.93	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	94	665,245	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	93	683,474	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	45	19.86	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	113	1,207,658	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	110	1,281,641	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	161	36.65	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	127	180,255	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	120	185,846	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	149	5.39	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	132	138,926	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	119	143,851	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	153	4.16	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	52	24.00	2016 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	17	27.90	2011
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	106	32.40	2007
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	63	6.50	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	119	5.00	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	18	19.90	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	53	67.10	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	47	62.10	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	124	32.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	120	40	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	64	88	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	5	67.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	2	60	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	28	12	2015 est.
Health expenditures	62	5.20	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	52	0.72	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	57	900	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	68	31,900	2013 est.
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	46	33.80	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	48	40.90	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	51	37.40	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	107	69.50	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	103	65.00	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	103	67.20	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	82	62.80	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	96	65.60	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	103	62.40	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	35	230	2010
Median age – female (years)	128	22.80	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	118	23.00	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	127	22.90	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	55	0.00	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	89	16.20	2008
Physicians density	140	0.05	2008
Population	106	6,791,317	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	52	1.75	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	145	13.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	20	86.7	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	147	18.9	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	12	81.1	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	110	56.4	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	38	43.6	NA
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	13	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	20	1.03	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	20	1.06	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	19	1.03	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	7	1.06	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	10	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	15	1.04	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	50	3.10	2016 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	75	2.12	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	190	13	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	12	561	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	58	21	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	11	540	2013
Heliports	23	2.00	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	75	31	NA
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	69	34,827,034	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	80	2,062,584	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	58	47	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2015
Pipelines (km)	109	264	2013
Roadways - paved (km)	116	3,000	2011
Roadways - total (km)	141	9,349	2011
Roadways - unpaved (km)	99	6,349	2011
Waterways (km)	11	11,000	2011

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Papua New Guinea on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Papua New Guinea contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Papua New Guinea should be addressed to the CIA.

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