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Country Information

  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Capital City
Port Moresby
Head of State
Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General HE Robert Dadae
Head of Government
Prime Minister James Marape
Official Languages
Tok Pisin
English
Hiri Motu
Official Currency
Kina
Memberships
1974– Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
1975 – Independence, Commonwealth, United Nations and Pacific Community (SPC)
1976 – International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO
2020 – PRIF Associate Member

Infrastructure Indicators

Telecommunication
Proportion of population covered by mobile network (2G) (2018) 89.0%
Proportion of population covered by mobile network (3G) (2018) 64.4%
Proportion of population covered by mobile network (LTE/WiMAX) (2018) 50.0%
Energy
Proportion of population with access to electricity (2017) 54.4%
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption (2017) 49.7%
Average annual mean of particulate matter of 2.5 microns in diameter or smaller levels in urban areas (ug/m3) 11.5
CO2 emission (metric tons/per capita) (2014) 0.47
Transport
Jacksons International Airport (Port Moresby) 1
Total road network (km) 19600
Paved road network as % of total network 3.5%
Number of international ports 23
Water & Sanitation
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (2017) 39.6%
Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap & water (2017) 18.9%
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation (2017) 12.9%
Percentage of population using least basic drinking services (2017) 37.0%
Climate Resilience-Related Risk Indexes
INFORM natural hazard index 6.7
Physical exposure to earthquake 9.7
Physical exposure to flood 5.0
Physical exposure to tsunami 8.6
Physical exposure to tropical cyclones 2.6
* Sources: download the respective country profile document for sources for above data