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Papua New Guinea vs Philippines
How Papua New Guinea and Philippines compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 69.8 years against 66.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Philippines was higher: $4,066 against $2,665
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Philippines was higher: 1.3% of GDP against 0.35% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Philippines was higher: 1.5 tonnes against 0.52 tonnes
Life expectancy →Papua New GuineaPhilippinesEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld
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Every measure
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| Measure | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 66.1 | 69.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 3.9 | 2.7 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 32.2 | 20.7 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.17 | 2.77 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 23.1 | 6 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 10.4 million | 115 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.8 | 0.84 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 3.1 | 1.92 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 15.8 | 55.8 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 22.3 | 25.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 3.3 | 5.3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.1 | -1.4 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $2,665 | $4,066 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 3.92024 | 4.4 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 4.4 | 1.7 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 51.6 | 59.1 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 6 | 7.5 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 87 | 98.52020 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2017 | 712016 | 93.7 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.47 | 0.39 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.81 | 0.56 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 96 | 194 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 0.35 | 1.3 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $110M | $6.3B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $10 | $55 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 1.6 | 5.4 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 4,000 | 157,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.03 | 0.68 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.12 | 0.37 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 9 million2023 | 846 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 24.1 | 26.3 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 250 | 331.5 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.52 | 1.5 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 18.8 | 67.3 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 43.3 | 94.8 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 75.2 | 24.8 | |
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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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