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Papua New Guinea in the world
Where it ranks in the world —
median rank 100th
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
66.3 years
’24
161st
▸
Lowest homicide rate
9.3 per 100k
’10
138th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
1.6 per 100k
’19
82nd
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
52 per 100k
’23
26th
▸
Years in education
11.5 years
’23
143rd
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
12.6 per 100k
’19
78th
▸
Environmental performance
‡
28.9 score
’26
158th
▸
Human development index
0.576 score
’23
158th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
27.6 % of adults
’24
117th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$5,215
’25
152nd
▸
Lowest unemployment
2.6%
’25
24th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
31.3 per 1k births
’24
149th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
1.8 per 100k
’21
17th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
0.5 t per person
’24
38th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
54.6%
’22
43rd
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
0 per million
’25
82nd
▸
Population
10.8M people
’25
91st
▸
Land area
462,840 km²
’24
54th
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