Education of Papua New Guinea

Adult literacy rate in Papua New Guinea is 64.2%. Male literacy is 65.6%. Female literacy is 62.8%. Therefore, male literacy and female literacy differ by 2.8%. Government expenditure on education is 7.7% of GDP. The education index of Papua New Guinea is 0.376 - formal education levels are low and are mostly limited to primary and secondary school levels at best; higher education is possible, but not very widespread. People in Papua New Guinea speak the English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri Motu languages.

English language

In Papua New Guinea, around 0% of the population or 3,150,000 people speak English. 150,000 of Papua New Guinea's population call English their first language. 3,000,000 of Papua New Guinea's population use English as either foreign or second language.