Statement:
Papua New Guinea has a lower Human Development Index than Panama

In the Human Development Index rating Papua New Guinea holds position #152 2021 out of 187 and Panama is #66 out of 187 2021.
Position of Papua New Guinea is worse than position of Panama.

Referencies:

  1. Human Development Index 2021 by United Nations
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Human Development Index' in descending order.
    Panama 'Human Development Index' value is 0.80
    Papua New Guinea 'Human Development Index' value is 0.56