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Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea
How Indonesia and Papua New Guinea compare on 37 measures, from 1800 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Indonesia was higher: 71.2 years against 66.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Indonesia was higher: $4,555 against $2,665
- Population · In 2023, Indonesia was higher: 281 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Indonesia was higher: 1.05% of GDP against 0.35% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Indonesia was higher: 2.87 tonnes against 0.52 tonnes
Every measure
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| Measure | Indonesia | Papua New Guinea | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 71.2 | 66.1 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1.8 | 3.9 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 17.1 | 32.2 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 2.64 | 3.17 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 3.1 | 23.1 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 281 million | 10.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 0.83 | 1.8 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 2.13 | 3.1 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 59.4 | 15.8 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 29.8 | 22.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 7 | 3.3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $4,555 | $2,665 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 5.1 | 3.92024 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 1.9 | 4.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 40.9 | 51.6 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 7.8 | 6 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 962020 | 87 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 91 | 712016 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.46 | 0.47 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.63 | 0.81 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 46 | 96 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.05 | 0.35 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $15.3B | $110M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $53 | $10 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 6.3 | 1.6 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 676,000 | 4,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 2.09 | 0.03 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.49 | 0.12 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 1.28 billion | 9 million2023 | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 25.5 | 24.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 306.5 | 250 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 2.87 | 0.52 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 72.8 | 18.8 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 99.9 | 43.3 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 50.7 | 75.2 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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