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International Rankings of Papua New Guinea - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 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 59 0.2 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 163 21000 2020
Internet users - percent of population 90 32 % 2021
Internet users - total 115 3.168 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 57 2 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 125 166000 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 94 48 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 126 4.800 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 59 N/A % of household expenditures 2024
Average household expenditures - on food 95 N/A % of household expenditures 2024
Budget - expenditures 117 5.135 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 118 4.039 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 74 4.8 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 33 5.451 billion US Dollars 2018
Debt - external 99 17.940 billion US Dollars 2017
Exports 103 11.000 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 121 19.820 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 59 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 168 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 135 10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 52 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 180 35 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 36 41.9 % 2009
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
Imports 151 4.250 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 183 7.5 % 2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 75 4.48 % 2021
Labor force 105 3.073 million US Dollars 2021
Population below poverty line 47 37 % 2002
Public debt 106 48.68 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 130 36.589 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 171 0.3 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 151 3700 US Dollars 2021
Remittances 161 0.01 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 127 2.339 billion US Dollars 2019
Taxes and other revenues 166 11.88 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 188 2.75 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 194 4.2187 % 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 135 6.3 % 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 142 5.3 % 2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 128 0 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 105 526000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 111 5.965 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 122 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 62 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 112 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 75 0 metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 75 0 metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 133 3.702 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 98 0 kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 117 0 kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 132 1.139 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 136 340.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas 70 14 2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population 74 20.9 2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas 55 65.1 2021
Electricity access - population without electricity 26 N/A 2024
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 48 1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 57 80.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 17 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 81 18.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 69 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 6 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 73 0 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 150 11.316 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 107 166.984 million cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - exports 20 11.764 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - imports 88 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 37 60300 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 60 27400 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 55 159.700 million bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 112 38200 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 64 37200 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 128 0 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 135 17110 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 90 22170 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 111 7.54 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 87 11.05 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 159 8.89 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 189 2.6 2018
Land use - arable land 155 0.7 2018
Land use - forest 23 63.1 2018
Land use - permanent crops 70 1.5 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 158 0.4 2018
Revenue from coal 33 0 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 33 2.08 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 20 801.000 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 140 1.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 78 170.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 93 220.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 45 2.91 2025
Urbanization - urban population 181 13.7 2023
Geography
Area - land 58 452860 sq km 0
Area - total 59 462840 sq km 0
Area - water 65 998057 sq km 0
Coastline 27 5152 km 0
Elevation - highest point 35 4509 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 35 0 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 53 667 meters 0
Irrigated land 160 0 sq km 2022
Land boundaries - total 125 824 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 189 2.6 2018
Land use - arable land 155 0.7 2018
Land use - forest 23 63.1 2018
Land use - permanent crops 70 1.5 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 158 0.4 2018
Military
Military expenditures 47 0.3 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 117 0.6 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 63 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 98 0.6 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 132 1.26 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 90 0.06 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 31 28.5 births/1,000 population 2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18 24 3.7 2018
Child marriage - women married by age 15 17 8 0
Child marriage - women married by age 18 29 27.3 0
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 89 N/A % 2024
Contraceptive prevalence rate 87 36.7 % 1618
Current health expenditure 89 2.5 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 32 65.5 % 2023
Death rate 73 5.5 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 143 5 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 18 20.1 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 65 60.5 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 54 55.5 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 57 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 69 1.4 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 24 1.88 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 60 29.343 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - male 43 36.1 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 43 32.8 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 192 71.5181 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - male 107 68 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 107 69.7 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 0
Literacy - female 96 62.8 % 2015
Literacy - male 84 65.6 % 0
Literacy - total population 90 64.2 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 47 192 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 195 21.8187 years 0
Median age - male 137 21.4 years 0
Median age - total 131 21.6 years 2023
Mother's mean age at first birth 60 21.9 1618
Net migration rate 58 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 71 21.3 % 2016
Physicians density 154 0.07 physicians/1,000 population 2019
Population 93 9.819 million 2023
Population growth rate 27 2.31 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 86 57.8 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 10 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
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 12 1.04 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 21 1.02 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 15 0.98 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 16 1.03 male(s)/female 0
Total fertility rate 29 3.85 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 45 2.91 2025
Urbanization - urban population 181 13.7 2023
Transportation
Airports 16 535 2024
Heliports 63 3 2024
Merchant marine - total 64 205 2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 72 30.930 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 101 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 - narrow gauge 66 N/A 2024
Railways - total 103 N/A km 2024
Roadways - paved 81 2647 km 2015
Roadways - total 64 24862 km 2015
Waterways 14 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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