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Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands

94 shared metrics.

Papua New GuineaLeads in 53

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Solomon IslandsLeads in 41

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Papua New Guinea

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea.

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Curated stat

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

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Solomon Islands

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Identity

Name origin: Spanish explorer Alvaro de MENDANA named the isles in 1568 after the wealthy biblical King SOLOMON in the mistaken belief that the islands contained great r…

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than Maryland.

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Analysis

Papua New Guinea leads in 53 of 94 shared metrics, while Solomon Islands leads in 41.

Papua New Guinea's Electricity Generation is 42.0x that of Solomon Islands (4.7 TWh vs 0.11 TWh).

Papua New Guinea's Electric Generating Capacity is 30.0x that of Solomon Islands (1.15M kW vs 37.0K kW).

Papua New Guinea's GDP (Nominal) is 19.1x that of Solomon Islands ($31,800,428,265.52 vs $1,583,964,703.75).

Papua New Guinea's Total CO2 Emissions is 16.4x that of Solomon Islands (5.5 Mt CO2e vs 0.31 Mt CO2e).

Papua New Guinea's Land Area is 15.2x that of Solomon Islands (452.9K km² vs 28.0K km²).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

4.7 TWh

Solomon Islands

0.11 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

1.15M kW

Solomon Islands

37.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)Papua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

$31,800,428,265.52

Solomon Islands

$1,583,964,703.75

Total CO2 EmissionsPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

5.5 Mt CO2e

Solomon Islands

0.31 Mt CO2e

Land AreaPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

452.9K km²

Solomon Islands

28.0K km²

AirportsPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

570

Solomon Islands

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Papua New Guinea

4.7 TWh

Solomon Islands

0.11 TWh

4200% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Papua New Guinea

1.15M kW

Solomon Islands

37.0K kW

3003% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Papua New Guinea

$31,800,428,265.52

Solomon Islands

$1,583,964,703.75

1908% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Papua New Guinea

5.5 Mt CO2e

Solomon Islands

0.31 Mt CO2e

1639% higher

Land Area

Papua New Guinea

452.9K km²

Solomon Islands

28.0K km²

1518% higher

Airports

Papua New Guinea

570

Solomon Islands

1483% higher

Forest Area

Papua New Guinea

357.6K km²

Solomon Islands

25.2K km²

1318% higher

Population

Papua New Guinea

10.27M

Solomon Islands

738.8K

1291% higher

Air Passengers

Papua New Guinea

1.55M

Solomon Islands

157.4K

883% higher

Tourist Arrivals

Papua New Guinea

39.0K

Solomon Islands

4.4K

786% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Papua New Guinea

205

Solomon Islands

720% higher

Scientific Publications

Papua New Guinea

83.33

Solomon Islands

11.06

653% higher

Official Languages Count

Papua New Guinea

4.0

Solomon Islands

1.0

300% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Papua New Guinea

52.4% of GDP

Solomon Islands

15.4% of GDP

240% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Papua New Guinea

43.37% of firms

Solomon Islands

14.97% of firms

190% higher

Capital Elevation

Papua New Guinea

74 m

Solomon Islands

29 m

155% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Papua New Guinea

0.79 t/person/yr

Solomon Islands

0.36 t/person/yr

119% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea

0.21%

Solomon Islands

9.1%

98% lower

Child Mortality

Papua New Guinea

40.3 per 1k births

Solomon Islands

20.6 per 1k births

96% higher

Infant Mortality

Papua New Guinea

32 per 1k births

Solomon Islands

16.5 per 1k births

94% higher

Comparison of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands across 94 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Generation	4.7 TWh	0.11 TWh	4200% higher	Papua New Guinea
Electric Generating Capacity	1.15M kW	37.0K kW	3003% higher	Papua New Guinea
GDP (Nominal)	$31,800,428,265.52	$1,583,964,703.75	1908% higher	Papua New Guinea
Total CO2 Emissions	5.5 Mt CO2e	0.31 Mt CO2e	1639% higher	Papua New Guinea
Land Area	452.9K km²	28.0K km²	1518% higher	Papua New Guinea
Airports	570	36	1483% higher	Papua New Guinea
Forest Area	357.6K km²	25.2K km²	1318% higher	Papua New Guinea
Population	10.27M	738.8K	1291% higher	Papua New Guinea
Air Passengers	1.55M	157.4K	883% higher	Papua New Guinea
Tourist Arrivals	39.0K	4.4K	786% higher	Papua New Guinea
Merchant Fleet Size	205	25	720% higher	Papua New Guinea
Scientific Publications	83.33	11.06	653% higher	Papua New Guinea
Official Languages Count	4.0	1.0	300% higher	Papua New Guinea
Government Debt (% GDP)	52.4% of GDP	15.4% of GDP	240% higher	Papua New Guinea
Firms Making Informal Payments	43.37% of firms	14.97% of firms	190% higher	Papua New Guinea
Capital Elevation	74 m	29 m	155% higher	Papua New Guinea
CO2 Per Capita	0.79 t/person/yr	0.36 t/person/yr	119% higher	Papua New Guinea
Solar Electricity Share	0.21%	9.1%	98% lower	Solomon Islands
Child Mortality	40.3 per 1k births	20.6 per 1k births	96% higher	Papua New Guinea
Infant Mortality	32 per 1k births	16.5 per 1k births	94% higher	Papua New Guinea
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	2.3K m	93% higher	Papua New Guinea
Suicide Rate	1.8 per 100k	19.6 per 100k	91% lower	Solomon Islands
Education Spending (% GDP)	0.78% of GDP	8.3% of GDP	91% lower	Solomon Islands
Inflation Rate	0.60%	4.3%	86% lower	Solomon Islands
Unemployment Rate	2.7%	1.5%	86% higher	Papua New Guinea
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$4,874.69	$2,674.89	82% higher	Papua New Guinea
Electricity Access (%)	20.5%	81.3%	75% lower	Solomon Islands
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.06 per 1k	0.24 per 1k	75% lower	Solomon Islands
Women in Parliament (%)	2.7%	6.0%	55% lower	Solomon Islands
Food Waste per Person	129.86 kg/person/yr	83.71 kg/person/yr	55% higher	Papua New Guinea
Protected Land (%)	3.7%	2.4%	54% higher	Papua New Guinea
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.41 kg/person/yr	27.88 kg/person/yr	52% lower	Solomon Islands
GNI Per Capita	$2,900	$1,910	52% higher	Papua New Guinea
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Papua New Guinea
Urban Population (%)	15.41%	30.66%	50% lower	Solomon Islands
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	4.8% of GDP	46% lower	Solomon Islands
Internet Users (%)	24%	43%	44% lower	Solomon Islands
Firms Asked for Bribes	19.38% of firms	13.51% of firms	43% higher	Papua New Guinea
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	7.4 per 100k	12.82 per 100k	42% lower	Solomon Islands
Firms Hit by Power Outages	47.23% of firms	81.34% of firms	42% lower	Solomon Islands
Corruption Perceptions Index	26 pts	44 pts	41% lower	Solomon Islands
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	39 per 100 people	62 per 100 people	37% lower	Solomon Islands
Youth Unemployment Rate	3.8% of youth labor force	2.8% of youth labor force	37% higher	Papua New Guinea
Fertility Rate	3.7 children/woman	2.7 children/woman	37% higher	Papua New Guinea
Death Rate	5.4 per 1k	3.9 per 1k	36% higher	Papua New Guinea
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% lower	Solomon Islands
Electoral Democracy Index	0.47	0.70	33% lower	Solomon Islands
Road Traffic Death Rate	14.9 per 100k	11.2 per 100k	33% higher	Papua New Guinea
Sanitation Access (%)	23.57%	34.65%	32% lower	Solomon Islands
Insufficient Physical Activity	13.19% of adults	19.27% of adults	32% lower	Solomon Islands
Beer Consumption	0.45 L/person/yr	0.66 L/person/yr	31% lower	Solomon Islands
Women's Political Empowerment	0.48	0.68	29% lower	Solomon Islands
Liberal Democracy Index	0.38	0.54	29% lower	Solomon Islands
Women in Senior Management	17.74% of managers	25.08% of managers	29% lower	Solomon Islands
Birth Rate	27.57 per 1k	21.57 per 1k	28% higher	Papua New Guinea
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	15.93% of GDP	22.07% of GDP	28% lower	Solomon Islands
GDP Growth Rate	3.8%	3.0%	27% higher	Papua New Guinea
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.31 µg/m³	13.95 µg/m³	24% higher	Papua New Guinea
Spirits Consumption	0.27 L/person/yr	0.35 L/person/yr	22% lower	Solomon Islands
Alcohol Consumption	1.1 L/adult/yr	1.4 L/adult/yr	22% lower	Solomon Islands
Population Density	22.94 /km²	28.58 /km²	20% lower	Solomon Islands
Agricultural Land (%)	3.1%	3.9%	20% lower	Solomon Islands
Electricity Carbon Intensity	513.74 gCO2/kWh	636.36 gCO2/kWh	19% lower	Solomon Islands
Health Spending Per Capita	$81.11	$96.74	16% lower	Solomon Islands
Political Corruption Index	0.68	0.60	14% higher	Papua New Guinea
Dependency Ratio	58.59% of working-age pop.	68.38% of working-age pop.	14% lower	Solomon Islands
Forest Coverage (%)	78.95%	90.06%	12% lower	Solomon Islands
Median Age	22.3 years	20.3 years	10% higher	Papua New Guinea
Renewable Energy (%)	54.6%	50.1%	9% higher	Papua New Guinea
Youth Population (%)	33.48%	36.97%	9% lower	Solomon Islands
Obesity Rate	20.12%	21.63%	7% lower	Solomon Islands
Smoking Rate	39.6%	36.9%	7% higher	Papua New Guinea
Teen Birth Rate	54.07 per 1k	50.37 per 1k	7% higher	Papua New Guinea
Life Expectancy	66.1 years	70.5 years	6% lower	Solomon Islands
Firms with Female Top Manager	21.95% of firms	20.8% of firms	6% higher	Papua New Guinea
Elderly Population (%)	3.5%	3.6%	5% lower	Solomon Islands
Coastline Length	5.2K km	5.3K km	3% lower	Solomon Islands
Tobacco Use Prevalence	39.3% of adults	38.3% of adults	3% higher	Papua New Guinea
Hypertension Prevalence	27.3% of adults	28.2% of adults	3% lower	Solomon Islands
Human Development Index	0.58	0.58	1% lower	Solomon Islands
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Papua New Guinea
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Irrigated Land	0 km²	0 km²	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Land Border Length	824 km	0 km	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Freedom of Expression Index	0.84	0.84	equal	Solomon Islands
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	14.7% of GDP	-1% of GDP	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	-0.62% of GDP	2.1% of GDP	ranked lower	Solomon Islands
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	1.0 sites	equal	Papua New Guinea
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea
Border Neighbors	1.0	0	ranked higher	Papua New Guinea

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Analysis

Papua New Guinea leads in 53 of 94 shared metrics, while Solomon Islands leads in 41.

Papua New Guinea's Electricity Generation is 42.0x that of Solomon Islands (4.7 TWh vs 0.11 TWh).

Papua New Guinea's Electric Generating Capacity is 30.0x that of Solomon Islands (1.15M kW vs 37.0K kW).

Papua New Guinea's GDP (Nominal) is 19.1x that of Solomon Islands ($31,800,428,265.52 vs $1,583,964,703.75).

Papua New Guinea's Total CO2 Emissions is 16.4x that of Solomon Islands (5.5 Mt CO2e vs 0.31 Mt CO2e).

Papua New Guinea's Land Area is 15.2x that of Solomon Islands (452.9K km² vs 28.0K km²).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

4.7 TWh

Solomon Islands

0.11 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

1.15M kW

Solomon Islands

37.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)Papua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

$31,800,428,265.52

Solomon Islands

$1,583,964,703.75

Total CO2 EmissionsPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

5.5 Mt CO2e

Solomon Islands

0.31 Mt CO2e

Land AreaPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

452.9K km²

Solomon Islands

28.0K km²

AirportsPapua New Guinea leads

Papua New Guinea

570

Solomon Islands

Electricity Generation

4.7 TWh

0.11 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

1.15M kW

37.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)

$31,800,428,265.52

$1,583,964,703.75

Total CO2 Emissions

5.5 Mt CO2e

0.31 Mt CO2e

Land Area

452.9K km²

28.0K km²

Airports

570

Forest Area

357.6K km²

25.2K km²

Population

10.27M

738.8K

Air Passengers

1.55M

157.4K

Tourist Arrivals

39.0K

4.4K

Merchant Fleet Size

205

Scientific Publications

83.33

11.06

Official Languages Count

4.0

1.0

Government Debt (% GDP)

52.4% of GDP

15.4% of GDP

Firms Making Informal Payments

43.37% of firms

14.97% of firms

Capital Elevation

74 m

29 m

CO2 Per Capita

0.79 t/person/yr

0.36 t/person/yr

Solar Electricity Share

0.21%

9.1%

Child Mortality

40.3 per 1k births

20.6 per 1k births

Infant Mortality

32 per 1k births

16.5 per 1k births

Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

GDP (Nominal)

Total CO2 Emissions

Land Area

Airports

Forest Area

Population

Air Passengers

Tourist Arrivals

Merchant Fleet Size

Scientific Publications

Official Languages Count

Government Debt (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Capital Elevation

CO2 Per Capita

Solar Electricity Share

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Highest Elevation

Suicide Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Unemployment Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Electricity Access (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Women in Parliament (%)

Food Waste per Person

Protected Land (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

GNI Per Capita

Time Zones Count

Urban Population (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Internet Users (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Corruption Perceptions Index

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Fertility Rate

Death Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Electoral Democracy Index

Road Traffic Death Rate

Sanitation Access (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Beer Consumption

Women's Political Empowerment

Liberal Democracy Index

Women in Senior Management

Birth Rate

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Spirits Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

Population Density

Agricultural Land (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending Per Capita

Political Corruption Index

Dependency Ratio

Forest Coverage (%)

Median Age

Renewable Energy (%)

Youth Population (%)

Obesity Rate

Smoking Rate