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International Rankings of Papua New Guinea - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 147 1.00 2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 159 17000 N/A
Internet users - percent of population 204 11.21 % 2018
Internet users - total 144 787764 N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 171 1.87 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 127 133593 N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 194 47.62 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 137 3.402 million N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures 119 4.591 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 122 3.638 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 74 4.80 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 30 4.859 billion US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 98 17.940 billion US Dollars 2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score 134 36 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score 93 60 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score 89 80 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score 98 66 2020
Exports 107 8.522 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP (official exchange rate) 120 19.820 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 58 49.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 51 19.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 166 43.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 25 22.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 132 10.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 51 0.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 38 22.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 21 42.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 173 35.00 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 12 51 % 1996
Gross national saving 16 37 2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 14 40.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 1996
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 34 1.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 169 1.876 billion US Dollars 2017
Industrial production growth rate 55 3.30 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 36 5.40 % 2017
Labor force 97 3.681 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 5 85 % N/A
Population below poverty line 46 37 % 2002
Public debt 121 36.90 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 128 38.218 billion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 71 2.50 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 172 4355 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 123 1.735 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 126 18.40 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 149 2.50 % 2017
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 - from fossil fuels 35 63 2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants 42 30 2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources 34 7 2017
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 - 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 - imports 133 17110 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 88 22170 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 110 8 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 87 11 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 158 11 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 184 3 2018
Land use - arable land 151 1 2018
Land use - forest 22 63 2018
Land use - other 65 34 2018
Land use - permanent crops 70 2 2018
Revenue from forest resources 31 2 % 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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 182 14 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 2.00 % 2016
Geography
Area - land 57 452860 sq km N/A
Area - total 57 462840 sq km N/A
Area - water 47 9980 sq km N/A
Coastline 26 5152 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 26 4509 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 52 667 meters N/A
Land boundaries - total 123 824 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 184 3 2018
Land use - arable land 151 1 2018
Land use - forest 22 63 2018
Land use - other 65 34 2018
Land use - permanent crops 70 2 2018
Total renewable water resources 18 801.000 billion 2017
Population Density 199 16.34 Persons per sq km N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 35 19.87 1164
Age structure - 25-54 years 140 37.68 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 150 5.83 N/A
Birth rate 59 22.08 births/1,000 population 2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate 92 36.70 % 1618
Current Health Expenditure 84 2 % of GDP 2018
Death rate 139 5.97 deaths/1,000 population 2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 114 5.80 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 34 17.20 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 54 63.20 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 51 57.40 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 58 89 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 4 64 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 2 57 % of population 2017
Drinking water source - unimproved 11 11 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 57 2 % of GDP 2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 29 0.90 2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 46 55000 2020
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 N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 37 40.33 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 141 72 years 2021
Life expectancy at birth - male 147 67 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 146 70 years N/A
Maternal mortality rate 52 145.00 2017
Median age - female 124 24 years 2020
Median age - male 110 24 years N/A
Median age - total 115 24 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 38 25 N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 70 21.30 % 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 56 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 5 91 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 2 85 % of population 2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 7 45 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 11 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 21 1.03 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 20 1.05 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 15 1.07 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 15 0.96 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 13 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
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 N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total 134 4 N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 44 2.91 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 182 14 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 71 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 48.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 22 6 2020
Roadways - paved 104 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.

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