The largest of the Pacific Island countries, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of more than 7 million but is still considered a small state of the Commonwealth. Papua New Guinea faces numerous development challenges, many of them related to health and natural resource management.
School-age Population by Education Level1 | ||
1,119,034 | 728,582 | |
Secondary | Tertiary | |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education for the school year ending 20161 |
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40% | 55% | |
Female | Male | |
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Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education1 | ||
n/a | n/a | |
Female | Male | |
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Percentage of female teachers in 1 | ||
38.1% | n/a | |
Secondary (2016) | Tertiary (1999) | |
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1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in June 2021 |