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Australia vs Papua New Guinea

100 shared metrics.

AustraliaLeads in 76

vs100 shared

Papua New GuineaLeads in 24

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Australia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Commonwealth of Australia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Australia is the world's smallest and flattest continent, but still the sixth-largest country.

NASA 2004

Papua New Guinea

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Papua New Guinea has more than 800 indigenous languages, turning one country into a language map.

Britannica

Analysis

Australia leads in 76 of 100 shared metrics, while Papua New Guinea leads in 24.

Australia's Foreign Patents is 1014.3x that of Papua New Guinea (29.4K vs 29).

Australia's Scientific Publications is 746.7x that of Papua New Guinea (62.3K vs 83.33).

Australia's Electric Generating Capacity is 93.2x that of Papua New Guinea (108.19M kW vs 1.15M kW).

Australia's Solar Electricity Share is 92.3x that of Papua New Guinea (19.59% vs 0.21%).

Australia's Health Spending Per Capita is 82.0x that of Papua New Guinea ($6,731 vs $81.11).

Key Comparisons

Foreign PatentsAustralia leads

Australia

29.4K

Papua New Guinea

Scientific PublicationsAustralia leads

Australia

62.3K

Papua New Guinea

83.33

Electric Generating CapacityAustralia leads

Australia

108.19M kW

Papua New Guinea

1.15M kW

Solar Electricity ShareAustralia leads

Australia

19.59%

Papua New Guinea

0.21%

Health Spending Per CapitaAustralia leads

Australia

$6,731

Papua New Guinea

$81.11

Total CO2 EmissionsAustralia leads

Australia

383.4 Mt CO2e

Papua New Guinea

5.5 Mt CO2e

All Metrics

Foreign Patents

Australia

29.4K

Papua New Guinea

101428% higher

Scientific Publications

Australia

62.3K

Papua New Guinea

83.33

74669% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Australia

108.19M kW

Papua New Guinea

1.15M kW

9324% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Australia

19.59%

Papua New Guinea

0.21%

9229% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Australia

$6,731

Papua New Guinea

$81.11

8198% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Australia

383.4 Mt CO2e

Papua New Guinea

5.5 Mt CO2e

6912% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Australia

4.1 per 1k

Papua New Guinea

0.06 per 1k

6717% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Australia

757.57 per 1k people

Papua New Guinea

11.27 per 1k people

6623% higher

Electricity Generation

Australia

279.9 TWh

Papua New Guinea

4.7 TWh

5818% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Australia

$1,757,022,451,652.83

Papua New Guinea

$31,800,428,265.52

5425% higher

Water Stress (%)

Australia

2.4%

Papua New Guinea

0.05%

4720% higher

Tourist Arrivals

Australia

1.83M

Papua New Guinea

39.0K

4587% higher

Shipping Traffic

Australia

9.38M

Papua New Guinea

204.5K

4484% higher

Air Passengers

Australia

68.96M

Papua New Guinea

1.55M

4356% higher

Water Withdrawal

Australia

11.62 B m³

Papua New Guinea

0.39 B m³

2864% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Australia

13.71 per 1k

Papua New Guinea

0.51 per 1k

2583% higher

GNI Per Capita

Australia

$62,680

Papua New Guinea

$2,900

2061% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Australia

21 sites

Papua New Guinea

1.0 sites

2000% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Australia

3.8 per 1k

Papua New Guinea

0.20 per 1k

1800% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Australia

14.48 t/person/yr

Papua New Guinea

0.79 t/person/yr

1735% higher

Comparison of Australia and Papua New Guinea across 100 metrics
				Winner
Foreign Patents	29.4K	29	101428% higher	Australia
Scientific Publications	62.3K	83.33	74669% higher	Australia
Electric Generating Capacity	108.19M kW	1.15M kW	9324% higher	Australia
Solar Electricity Share	19.59%	0.21%	9229% higher	Australia
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,731	$81.11	8198% higher	Australia
Total CO2 Emissions	383.4 Mt CO2e	5.5 Mt CO2e	6912% higher	Australia
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.1 per 1k	0.06 per 1k	6717% higher	Australia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	757.57 per 1k people	11.27 per 1k people	6623% higher	Australia
Electricity Generation	279.9 TWh	4.7 TWh	5818% higher	Australia
GDP (Nominal)	$1,757,022,451,652.83	$31,800,428,265.52	5425% higher	Australia
Water Stress (%)	2.4%	0.05%	4720% higher	Australia
Tourist Arrivals	1.83M	39.0K	4587% higher	Australia
Shipping Traffic	9.38M	204.5K	4484% higher	Australia
Air Passengers	68.96M	1.55M	4356% higher	Australia
Water Withdrawal	11.62 B m³	0.39 B m³	2864% higher	Australia
Nurses & Midwives	13.71 per 1k	0.51 per 1k	2583% higher	Australia
GNI Per Capita	$62,680	$2,900	2061% higher	Australia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	21 sites	1.0 sites	2000% higher	Australia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.8 per 1k	0.20 per 1k	1800% higher	Australia
CO2 Per Capita	14.48 t/person/yr	0.79 t/person/yr	1735% higher	Australia
Land Area	7.69M km²	452.9K km²	1599% higher	Australia
Agricultural Land (%)	47.22%	3.1%	1422% higher	Australia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	111.43 per 100k	7.4 per 100k	1410% higher	Australia
Armed Forces Personnel	60.0K	4.0K	1400% higher	Australia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$71,410.42	$4,874.69	1365% higher	Australia
Women in Parliament (%)	38%	2.7%	1306% higher	Australia
Alcohol Consumption	10.29 L/adult/yr	1.1 L/adult/yr	811% higher	Australia
Beer Consumption	3.7 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	718% higher	Australia
Capital Elevation	578 m	74 m	681% higher	Australia
Suicide Rate	13.08 per 100k	1.8 per 100k	619% higher	Australia
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.1% of GDP	0.78% of GDP	547% higher	Australia
Military Spending	1.9% of GDP	0.31% of GDP	512% higher	Australia
Protected Land (%)	22%	3.7%	495% higher	Australia
Urban Population (%)	87.6%	15.41%	469% higher	Australia
Spirits Consumption	1.5 L/person/yr	0.27 L/person/yr	466% higher	Australia
Inflation Rate	3.2%	0.60%	433% higher	Australia
Elderly Population (%)	17.73%	3.5%	412% higher	Australia
Coastline Length	25.8K km	5.2K km	400% higher	Australia
Electricity Access (%)	100%	20.5%	388% higher	Australia
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	23.57%	324% higher	Australia
Internet Users (%)	97%	24%	304% higher	Australia
Airports	2.3K	570	299% higher	Australia
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	279% higher	Australia
Forest Area	1.34M km²	357.6K km²	275% higher	Australia
Merchant Fleet Size	604	205	195% higher	Australia
Corruption Perceptions Index	76 pts	26 pts	192% higher	Australia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	113 per 100 people	39 per 100 people	190% higher	Australia
Population	27.49M	10.27M	168% higher	Australia
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.6% of youth labor force	3.8% of youth labor force	154% higher	Australia
High-Tech Exports (%)	25.16%	10.25%	145% higher	Australia
Women in Senior Management	39.39% of managers	17.74% of managers	122% higher	Australia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.79	0.38	107% higher	Australia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	10 days/yr	100% higher	Australia
Political Corruption Index	0.03	0.68	96% lower	Papua New Guinea
Insufficient Physical Activity	25.55% of adults	13.19% of adults	94% higher	Australia
Child Mortality	3.7 per 1k births	40.3 per 1k births	91% lower	Papua New Guinea
Infant Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	32 per 1k births	90% lower	Papua New Guinea
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.48	89% higher	Australia
Teen Birth Rate	6.7 per 1k	54.07 per 1k	88% lower	Papua New Guinea
Population Density	3.5 /km²	22.94 /km²	85% lower	Papua New Guinea
Broadband Access (%)	36 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	82% lower	Papua New Guinea
Electoral Democracy Index	0.84	0.47	81% higher	Australia
Seafood Consumption per Person	23.94 kg/person/yr	13.41 kg/person/yr	79% higher	Australia
Forest Coverage (%)	17.42%	78.95%	78% lower	Papua New Guinea
Renewable Energy (%)	12.3%	54.6%	77% lower	Papua New Guinea
Tobacco Use Prevalence	11.2% of adults	39.3% of adults	72% lower	Papua New Guinea
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.5 per 100k	14.9 per 100k	70% lower	Papua New Guinea
Median Age	37.8 years	22.3 years	69% higher	Australia
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Papua New Guinea
Smoking Rate	13.1%	39.6%	67% lower	Papua New Guinea
Human Development Index	0.96	0.58	66% higher	Australia
GDP Growth Rate	1.4%	3.8%	64% lower	Papua New Guinea
Birth Rate	10.75 per 1k	27.57 per 1k	61% lower	Papua New Guinea
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	3.7 children/woman	60% lower	Papua New Guinea
Obesity Rate	31.82%	20.12%	58% higher	Australia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	8.3 µg/m³	17.31 µg/m³	52% lower	Papua New Guinea
Highest Elevation	2.2K m	4.5K m	51% lower	Papua New Guinea
Official Languages Count	2.0	4.0	50% lower	Papua New Guinea
Unemployment Rate	4.1%	2.7%	49% higher	Australia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	23.56% of GDP	15.93% of GDP	48% higher	Australia
Youth Population (%)	17.84%	33.48%	47% lower	Papua New Guinea
Food Waste per Person	176.9 kg/person/yr	129.86 kg/person/yr	36% higher	Australia
Death Rate	6.8 per 1k	5.4 per 1k	27% higher	Australia
Life Expectancy	83.1 years	66.1 years	26% higher	Australia
Government Debt (% GDP)	58% of GDP	52.4% of GDP	11% higher	Australia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.92	0.84	9% higher	Australia
Hypertension Prevalence	29.5% of adults	27.3% of adults	8% higher	Australia
Dependency Ratio	55.21% of working-age pop.	58.59% of working-age pop.	6% lower	Papua New Guinea
Electricity Carbon Intensity	525.18 gCO2/kWh	513.74 gCO2/kWh	2% higher	Australia
Coal Electricity Share	42.73%	0%	ranked higher	Australia
Wind Electricity Share	13.7%	0%	ranked higher	Australia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.36 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Australia
Lowest Elevation	-15 m	0 m	ranked lower	Papua New Guinea
Irrigated Land	19.4K km²	0 km²	ranked higher	Australia
Land Border Length	0 km	824 km	ranked lower	Papua New Guinea
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.6% of GDP	14.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Papua New Guinea
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	-0.62% of GDP	ranked higher	Australia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	5.4 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Australia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	37.36 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Australia
Border Neighbors	0	1.0	ranked lower	Papua New Guinea

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Analysis

Australia leads in 76 of 100 shared metrics, while Papua New Guinea leads in 24.

Australia's Foreign Patents is 1014.3x that of Papua New Guinea (29.4K vs 29).

Australia's Scientific Publications is 746.7x that of Papua New Guinea (62.3K vs 83.33).

Australia's Electric Generating Capacity is 93.2x that of Papua New Guinea (108.19M kW vs 1.15M kW).

Australia's Solar Electricity Share is 92.3x that of Papua New Guinea (19.59% vs 0.21%).

Australia's Health Spending Per Capita is 82.0x that of Papua New Guinea ($6,731 vs $81.11).

Key Comparisons

Foreign PatentsAustralia leads

Australia

29.4K

Papua New Guinea

Scientific PublicationsAustralia leads

Australia

62.3K

Papua New Guinea

83.33

Electric Generating CapacityAustralia leads

Australia

108.19M kW

Papua New Guinea

1.15M kW

Solar Electricity ShareAustralia leads

Australia

19.59%

Papua New Guinea

0.21%

Health Spending Per CapitaAustralia leads

Australia

$6,731

Papua New Guinea

$81.11

Total CO2 EmissionsAustralia leads

Australia

383.4 Mt CO2e

Papua New Guinea

5.5 Mt CO2e

Foreign Patents

29.4K

Scientific Publications

62.3K

83.33

Electric Generating Capacity

108.19M kW

1.15M kW

Solar Electricity Share

19.59%

0.21%

Health Spending Per Capita

$6,731

$81.11

Total CO2 Emissions

383.4 Mt CO2e

5.5 Mt CO2e

Doctors (per 1,000)

4.1 per 1k

0.06 per 1k

Vehicles per 1,000 People

757.57 per 1k people

11.27 per 1k people

Electricity Generation

279.9 TWh

4.7 TWh

GDP (Nominal)

$1,757,022,451,652.83

$31,800,428,265.52

Water Stress (%)

2.4%

0.05%

Tourist Arrivals

1.83M

39.0K

Shipping Traffic

9.38M

204.5K

Air Passengers

68.96M

1.55M

Water Withdrawal

11.62 B m³

0.39 B m³

Nurses & Midwives

13.71 per 1k

0.51 per 1k

GNI Per Capita

$62,680

$2,900

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

21 sites

1.0 sites

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

3.8 per 1k

0.20 per 1k

CO2 Per Capita

14.48 t/person/yr

0.79 t/person/yr

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Foreign Patents

Scientific Publications

Electric Generating Capacity

Solar Electricity Share

Health Spending Per Capita

Total CO2 Emissions

Doctors (per 1,000)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Water Stress (%)

Tourist Arrivals

Shipping Traffic

Air Passengers

Water Withdrawal

Nurses & Midwives

GNI Per Capita

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

CO2 Per Capita

Land Area

Agricultural Land (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Armed Forces Personnel

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Beer Consumption

Capital Elevation

Suicide Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Military Spending

Protected Land (%)

Urban Population (%)

Spirits Consumption

Inflation Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Coastline Length

Electricity Access (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Internet Users (%)

Airports

Health Spending (% GDP)

Forest Area

Merchant Fleet Size

Corruption Perceptions Index

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Population

Youth Unemployment Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

Women in Senior Management

Liberal Democracy Index

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Political Corruption Index

Insufficient Physical Activity

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Women's Political Empowerment

Teen Birth Rate

Population Density

Broadband Access (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Forest Coverage (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Road Traffic Death Rate

Median Age

Time Zones Count

Smoking Rate

Human Development Index

GDP Growth Rate