International Rankings of Papua New Guinea 2022, 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	58	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	156	21000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	80	11 %	2019
Internet users - total	143	965373	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	2	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	120	166000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	116	54	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	122	4.818 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	117	4.591 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	120	3.638 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	4.8 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	118	19.820 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	54	49.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	46	19.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	163	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	128	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	36	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	19	42.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	166	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	54	3.3 %	2017
Labor force	96	3.681 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	5	85 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	44	37	2002
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	122	36.690 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	127	4100 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	120	18.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	103	526000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	109	5.965 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	130	3.702 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	129	1.139 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	132	340.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	48	1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	53	80.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	77	18.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	145	11.316 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	105	166.984 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	20	11.764 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	40	11.784 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	40	183.125 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	36	60300 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	58	27400 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	54	159.700 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	110	38200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	61	37200 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	130	17110 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	86	22170 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	108	7.54 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	85	11.05 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	155	10.91 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	175	2.6	2018
Land use - arable land	144	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	20	63.1	2018
Land use - other	61	34.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	64	1.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	0.4	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	30	2.08 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	18	801.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	161	1.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	88	167.600 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	110	223.500 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	42	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	174	13.6	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	84	1.000 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	99	20000 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	77	2 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	55	452860 sq km	0
Area - total	55	462840 sq km	0
Area - water	62	998057 sq km	0
Coastline	24	5152 km	0
Elevation - highest point	31	4509 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	50	667 meters	0
Irrigated land	152	0 sq km	2022
Land boundaries - total	120	824 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	175	2.6	2018
Land use - arable land	144	0.7	2018
Land use - forest	20	63.1	2018
Land use - other	61	34.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	64	1.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	0.4	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	33	19.87	1164
Age structure - 25-54 years	133	37.68	7143
Age structure - 55-64 years	141	5.83	4717
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	114	0.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	95	0.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	128	1.26 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	87	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	28	29.03 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	7	27.8 %	0911
Contraceptive prevalence rate	86	36.7 %	1618
Current health expenditure	86	2.3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	144	5.54 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	18	20.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	62	60.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	51	55.5 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	54	86.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	5	58.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	1	52.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	8	13.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	66	1.4 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	39	30.12 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	42	36.91 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	38	33.59 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	145	71.19 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	138	67.76 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	142	69.43 years	0
Literacy - female	91	62.8 %	2015
Literacy - male	85	65.6 %	0
Literacy - total population	91	64.2 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	52	145 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	120	24 years	2020
Median age - male	108	24 years	0
Median age - total	110	24 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	58	21.9	1618
Net migration rate	74	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	66	21.3 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	91	9.593 million	2022
Population growth rate	26	2.35 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	84	57.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	8	81.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	4	76.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	9	42.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	19	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	6	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	15	25.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	7	53.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	4	39.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	24	3.92 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	42	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	174	13.6	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	11	561	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	55	21	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	19	11	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	21	53	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	10	540	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	7	476	2021
Heliports	21	2	2021
Merchant marine - total	65	177	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	70	30.930 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	98	964713	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	65	48	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	104	3000 km	2011
Roadways - total	110	9349 km	2011
Waterways	13	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.

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