Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Secondary education, teachers, per capita was 0.0017 units per person in 2016. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1971–2016
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0017 units per person for secondary education, teachers, per capita in 2016.
That represents a change of down 3.4% over five years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0017 units per person in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 units per person, in 1971.
That places Papua New Guinea 192nd out of 201 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0005 units per person | — |
| 1972 | 0.0006 units per person | +20.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0007 units per person | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0007 units per person | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0007 units per person | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0007 units per person | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0006 units per person | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0007 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0007 units per person | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0007 units per person | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0007 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0007 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0007 units per person | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0007 units per person | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0008 units per person | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0008 units per person | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0008 units per person | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0008 units per person | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0008 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0012 units per person | +46.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0017 units per person | +48.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0017 units per person | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.0008 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.0009 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0017 units per person | 0.0017 units per person | 0.0017 units per person | 2 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 40,888 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, teachers, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Secondary education, teachers, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0017 units per person in 2016, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0017 units per person in 2012.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 units per person in 1971.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for secondary education, teachers, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 192nd out of 201 countries with data for 2016.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Secondary education, teachers, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Secondary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Secondary education, teachers ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Secondary education, teachers Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Secondary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.