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Papua New Guinea PG

East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · capital Port Moresby

Population
10,762,817
2025
GDP
$32.5 billion
2025
Life expectancy
66.3 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
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Geospatial extent

Bounding box 140.85°–155.97° E, -11.64°–-1.35° N · centroid -6.49, 148.41 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

mixed system of English common law and customary law

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
Agricultural land (% of land)3.12024World Bank
air_freight7.12023World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
Air passengers carried1,547,502.02023World Bank
airline_routes_departures163.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights35.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total34,416.02023World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct0.12020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel4,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)9,000,000.02023World Bank
arrivals39,000.02020World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k7.32022World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct3.12022World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p51.42022World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
bank_capital_ratio_pct12.32023World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
bank_capital_to_assets_pct12.32023World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
basic_water_pct53.32024World Bank
B-READY business entry (0-100)51.72025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business insolvency (0-100)22.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business location (0-100)42.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY dispute resolution (0-100)28.52025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY financial services (0-100)72.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY international trade (0-100)30.72025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY labour (0-100)54.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY market competition (0-100)39.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 3 operational efficiency (0-100)42.72025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 2 public services (0-100)33.52025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 1 regulatory framework (0-100)55.32025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY taxation (0-100)46.62025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY utility services (0-100)50.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
broad_money_growth4.42019World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct26.62019World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp26.62019World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_debt_pct_gdp52.02024World Bank
budget_expense_pct_gdp20.32023World Bank
central_gov_debt_pct_gdp52.02024World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
cereal_tonnes18,808.52024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct2.92023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd85.22023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
claims_on_central_gov16.22025World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking12.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)42.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
container_port_traffic200,000.02022World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
container_traffic_teu11.02021World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
cpi193.22025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank)3.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ
CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6)3.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ
CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6)2.72025World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ
CPIA trade rating (1-6)4.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims7.82007https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx103.02024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_homicide_count713.02010UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate9.32010UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)120.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)59.82020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd106,480,682.82025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k8.12024WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
deposit_rate0.32024World Bank FR.INR.DPST
deposit_rate_pct0.32024World Bank FR.INR.DPST
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)2,457.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)12,173.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
domestic_credit_pct34.52025World Bank FS.AST.DOMS.GD.ZS
domestic_credit_private_pct15.72025World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
domestic_credit_sector_pct34.52025World Bank FS.AST.DOMS.GD.ZS
dpt_immun_pct42.02024World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
education_spend_pct_gdp0.82023World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
Access to electricity (%)43.32024World Bank
electricity_access_rural39.02024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
electricity_access_urban66.82024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
electricity_capacity_gw1.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_emissions_mtco2e2.42024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_clean_twh1.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_demand_twh4.72024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_fossil_twh3.62024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_hydro,_bioenergy_and_other_renewables_twh1.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_renewables_twh1.12024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_twh4.72024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_wind_and_solar_twh0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_bioenergy_pct0.22024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_coal_pct0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_share_gas_pct19.22024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
showing 80 of 60,052 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 268 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialstale data (2022) patent application counts (residents + non-residents) from the World Bank/WIPO series; patent documents are not ingested source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 2016); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (155.6 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_PNG_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested2,018 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeYELLOW · partialstale data (2021) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 3 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflictYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedstale data (2016) OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 17 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial0 public Interpol Red Notices in the ingested snapshot list a national of this country (measured zero for this snapshot; not an absence of crime). source
armsYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) SIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 0 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full IMF/World Bank financial corpus. source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UN Comtrade/trade corpus. source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partialinternational tourist arrivals, World Bank/UNWTO source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partialair passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

Related in this region

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Papua New Guinea:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Papua New Guinea (PG). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/pg. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-06.