Low income vs Papua New Guinea: Rural population, per capita
Low income
0.6484 units per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.8422 units per person
in 2025
Low income rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd
Rural population, per capita over time
- Low income
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.8422 units per person against 0.6484 units per person in Low income, a difference of 0.1938 units per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Low income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 45 groups.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8508 units per person | 0.9443 units per person | 0.0935 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.8136 units per person | 0.8766 units per person | 0.063 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.7823 units per person | 0.8593 units per person | 0.077 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.7485 units per person | 0.8556 units per person | 0.1071 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.7241 units per person | 0.869 units per person | 0.1449 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.6901 units per person | 0.867 units per person | 0.1769 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.6589 units per person | 0.8507 units per person | 0.1918 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Low income or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.8422 units per person against 0.6484 units per person in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Low income and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1938 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Papua New Guinea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Papua New Guinea rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Low income ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 45 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.