Papua New Guinea
Learning-adjusted schooling in Papua New Guinea
Learning-adjusted schooling in Papua New Guinea: 4.7 years in 2017 and 6 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 6 years
- Since 2017
- +1.3 years
- Rank, 2020
- 130 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 4.7 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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Papua New Guinea in numbers
Every measure for Papua New Guinea on one page
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Military
- Military spending0.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$110M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2023