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

In the Human Development Index rating Papua New Guinea holds position #152 2021 out of 187 and Tonga is #94 out of 187 2021.
Position of Papua New Guinea is worse than position of Tonga.

Referencies:

  1. Human Development Index 2021 by United Nations
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Human Development Index' in descending order.
    Papua New Guinea 'Human Development Index' value is 0.56
    Tonga 'Human Development Index' value is 0.74