Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Rural population, per capita
Malawi
0.8241 units per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.8422 units per person
in 2025
Malawi rank
4th
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd
Rural population, per capita over time
- Malawi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.8422 units per person against 0.8241 units per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0181 units per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Malawi ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9542 units per person | 0.9443 units per person | 0.01 units per person | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.9254 units per person | 0.8766 units per person | 0.0488 units per person | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.899 units per person | 0.8593 units per person | 0.0398 units per person | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.867 units per person | 0.8556 units per person | 0.0114 units per person | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.8494 units per person | 0.869 units per person | 0.0196 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.842 units per person | 0.867 units per person | 0.025 units per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.8311 units per person | 0.8507 units per person | 0.0196 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, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.8422 units per person against 0.8241 units per person in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0181 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Malawi ranks 4th and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 216 countries.
- 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.