Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Papua New Guinea: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0886 units per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1593 units per person
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
30th
Papua New Guinea rank
28th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1593 units per person against 0.0886 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0707 units per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.8 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Papua New Guinea ranks 28th of 45 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1502 units per person 0.0831 units per person 0.0671 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 0.1477 units per person 0.1021 units per person 0.0456 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 0.1337 units per person 0.1091 units per person 0.0246 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 0.1222 units per person 0.0855 units per person 0.0367 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 0.0993 units per person 0.1424 units per person 0.0432 units per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0912 units per person 0.1446 units per person 0.0534 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.1593 units per person against 0.0886 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea?
0.0707 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea?
44 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and Papua New Guinea ranks 28th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.