Human development in Papua continued to progress. In the year 2017, the human development index (HDI) of New Guinea reach 59.09. This figure increased by 1.04 points compared to the year 2016.
Babies born in the year 2017 has hopes to be able to live up to 65.14 years, longer than in the previous year of 0.02. The older children in the year 2017 7 year old has hope can enjoy education during the year, 10.54 0.31 years longer compared to the year 2016. Meanwhile, the population aged 25 years and over on average has been studying for the past year, 6.27 0.12 years longer than in previous years. In the year 2017, Indonesia meets the needs of communities living with the average per capita spending of 6,996 million dollars per year, an increase of 359 thousand dollars compared to the previous year.