Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons
Malawi
2.42 ratio
in 2021
Papua New Guinea
2.94 ratio
in 2022
Malawi rank
2nd
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons over time
- Malawi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.94 ratio against 2.42 ratio in Malawi, a difference of 0.52 ratio.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Malawi ranks 2nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 174 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.828 ratio | 1.27 ratio | 0.4468 ratio | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 1.02 ratio | 1.83 ratio | 0.8078 ratio | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 1.89 ratio | 1.98 ratio | 0.088 ratio | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 3.25 ratio | 6.3 ratio | 3.05 ratio | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.94 ratio against 2.42 ratio in Malawi as of 2022.
- What is the difference in ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.52 ratio, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2021.
- How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons?
- Malawi ranks 2nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A country with a ratio greater than one indicates a higher number of arrivals for business and professional purposes compared to personal purposes.