Papua New Guinea

Background Information

Region

East Asia & Pacific

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

31% (UNFPA, 2020)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

1,433,955 (UIS, 2020)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

1,135,827 (UIS, 2020)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

21%

Source: UNSDG, 2006

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

53

Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

56%

Source: DHS, 2018

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

36%

Source: DHS, 2018

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Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks

No data available

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS, 2018

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 62%

  • Male 61%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 50%

  • Male 50%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 16%

  • Male 18%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Male 30%

Male: UIS, 2018

Lower secondary school

  • Female 23%

  • Male 22%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

Upper secondary school

  • Female 43%

  • Male 34%

Female: UIS, 2018

Male: UIS, 2018

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