IndonesiaandPapua New Guinea

17 August 1945 · 16 September 1975

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Indonesia

17 August 1945 — Sukarno and Hatta proclaim Indonesian independence

Dossier →Chronicle →

Papua New Guinea

16 September 1975 — Papua New Guinea becomes independent of Australia

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
42
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

IDNPNG
  • GDP
    $1.45 T2025$32 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $5,0602025$3,0202025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    5.1%20255.6%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    1.9%20254.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    43.4%2025131.1%2004
    Observed 2025 / 2004 · figures compared, never graded

Society

IDNPNG
  • Population
    286 m202511 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    71.3 yrs202466.3 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    59.4%202515.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.120243.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

IDNPNG

Health

IDNPNG
  • Health spending
    2.7%20232.9%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.5220230.062023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    17.7202439.42024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    85.0%202444.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    30.5%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Education

IDNPNG
  • Adult literacy
    96.0%202087.0%2022
    Observed 2020 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    1.3%20230.8%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    100.4%2025121.1%2023
    Observed 2025 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    97.2%202552.1%2023
    Observed 2025 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    44.9%2023—
    Observed 2023 / — · figures compared, never graded

Technology

IDNPNG
  • R&D spending
    0.3%20200.0%2016
    Observed 2020 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    3952020332016
    Observed 2020 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    72.8%202418.8%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1232024392024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    8.7%202410.2%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

IDNPNG
  • Land area
    1,892,555 km²2023452,860 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    47.7%202379.0%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    29.1%20233.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    2.920240.52024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    20.2%202154.6%2022
    Observed 2021 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

IDNPNG
  • Resource rents
    5.2%202127.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.8%20211.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    1.9%202114.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.4%20212.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    99.9%202443.3%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Copper (mined)
    710 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Gold (mined)
    90 t2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Cobalt (mined)
    44.0 kt20252,800 t2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Nickel (mined)
    2.6 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Bauxite
    10 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded

Military

IDNPNG
  • Military burden
    0.8%20240.3%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $11 B2024$91 M2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    676,00020204,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1963

    West New Guinea transferred to Indonesia

    The United Nations hands control of the island's western half to Indonesia; the two governments agree the position of their shared border ten years later.

    Politics & Power · from the Papua New Guinea chronicle · Self-government and independence · REFS 1 — Papua New Guinea country profile