Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste: which is better?

Country: head-to-head comparison

Papua New Guinea
4
indicators ahead
Winner
Timor-Leste
7
indicators ahead

Timor-Leste wins on more indicators: 7 of 11 against 4.

  • Safety and trust: Timor-Leste 0:1
  • Costs and work: Papua New Guinea 1:0
  • Climate and health: Timor-Leste 2:5
  • Law and institutions: tie 1:1

All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.

Papua New Guinea
Timor-Leste

Safety and trust

Better: Timor-Leste (0 : 1)
Organized violence
lower is better
✗2.28 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
✓0.00 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
Homicides
observation is outdated
periods differ
9.3 per 100,000 residents
2010
4.1 per 100,000 residents
2015

Costs and work

Better: Papua New Guinea (1 : 0)
GDP per capita
higher is better
✓$5,215
20258% higher
✗$4,809
20258% lower

Climate and health

Better: Timor-Leste (2 : 5)
Life expectancy
higher is better
✗66.3 years
20242% lower
✓67.9 years
20242% higher
Life expectancy: men
higher is better
✗63.8 years
20244% lower
✓66.3 years
20244% higher
Life expectancy: women
higher is better
69.2 years
2024almost equal
✓69.7 years
2024almost equal
Median age at death
higher is better
✗71.4 years
20233% lower
✓73.4 years
20233% higher
Infant survival
higher is better
✓96.87%
2024almost equal
96.54%
2024almost equal
Survival of children under 5
higher is better
✓96.06%
2024almost equal
95.24%
2024almost equal
Air (PM2.5)
lower is better
✗14.1 µg/m³ per year
202317% higher
✓12.0 µg/m³ per year
202315% lower

Law and institutions

Tie (1 : 1)
Rule of law
higher is better
✓-0.57 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✗-0.64 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
Control of corruption
higher is better
✗-0.78 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✓-0.39 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025

A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste.

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