Today in class (day 61)

Today in class we learned some facts about Papua New Guinea.

• lots of highlands
• about 1 third of the population is living less than US $1.25 per day
• the GDP growth is 8.9 (12 fastest growing economy in the world)
• the literacy rate is 15 years and older can read or right (57%)
• it is one of the most cultural diverse countries
• 841 different languages
• there are 125,000 people using the internet
• spends 1.4 of their GDP to military
• 1.9% is unemployed (ranks 9 in the world)
• one part of this country is developed the other is developing
• The net migration rate is 0
• 13% of the population is urban
• 1.6 billion imports 6.48 billion for exports
• 1 or 2% of the people speak English