International Rankings of Papua New Guinea 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	159	17000	0
Internet users - percent of population	204	11.21 %	2018
Internet users - total	144	787764	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	171	1.87	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	127	133593	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	194	47.62	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	137	3.402 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	119	4.591 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	122	3.638 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	74	4.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	134	36.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	93	59.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	89	80.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	98	65.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	120	19.820 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	58	49.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	51	19.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	166	43.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	25	22.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	132	10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	38	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	21	42.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	173	35 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	14	40.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1996
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	55	3.3 %	2017
Labor force	97	3.681 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	5	85 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	46	37	2002
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	127	38.218 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	150	4355 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	126	18.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	127	6.082 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	41	55600	2015
Crude oil - imports	62	22220	2015
Crude oil - production	54	45000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	53	183.800 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	134	3.237 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	35	63	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	42	30	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	131	900900 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	127	3.481 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	101	99.110 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	22	11.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	40	11.180 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	41	210.500 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	108	37000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	133	17110 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	88	22170 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	110	7.54 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	87	11.05 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	158	10.91 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	184	2.6	2018
Land use - arable land	151	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	22	63.1	2018
Land use - other	65	34.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	70	1.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	156	0.4	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	31	2.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	18	801.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	165	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	90	167.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	112	223.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	182	13.5	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	85	1.000 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	100	20000 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	79	2 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	57	452860 sq km	0
Area - total	57	462840 sq km	0
Area - water	64	998057 sq km	0
Coastline	26	5152 km	0
Elevation - highest point	27	4509 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	52	667 meters	0
Irrigated land	147	0 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	122	824 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	184	2.6	2018
Land use - arable land	151	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	22	63.1	2018
Land use - other	65	34.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	70	1.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	156	0.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	18	801.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	35	19.87 %	1164
Age structure - 25-54 years	140	37.68 %	7143
Age structure - 55-64 years	150	5.83 %	4717
Birth rate	59	22.08 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	92	36.7 %	1618
Current Health Expenditure	84	2.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	139	5.97 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	114	5.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	34	17.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	54	63.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	51	57.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	58	89.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	4	63.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	2	57 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	11	10.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	57	1.9 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	29	0.9	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	46	55000	2020
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	38	35.09 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	38	45.32 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	37	40.33 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	141	72.48 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	147	67.37 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	146	69.86 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	52	145	2017
Median age - female	124	24 years	2020
Median age - male	110	24 years	0
Median age - total	115	24 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	38	2549	0
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	70	21.3 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	100	7.400 million	2021
Population growth rate	58	1.61 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	99	55.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	5	90.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	2	84.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	7	44.5 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	15	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	52	2.79 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	136	3	2010
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	124	4.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	134	3.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	182	13.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	11	561	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	57	21	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	19	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	21	53	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	10	540	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	7	476	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	67	30.930 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	100	964713	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	66	48	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	105	3000 km	2011
Roadways - total	111	9349 km	2011
Waterways	11	11000 km	2011

*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 Papua New Guinea on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Papua New Guinea 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Papua New Guinea 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.