🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
East Asia & Pacific · Capital: Port Moresby
Money4.0 / 10
Health1.5 / 10
Quality of life0.8 / 10
Passport4.0 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.0 / 10
GDP per capita, PPP$5,215164 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$2,890151 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth5.6 %40 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation4.4 %139 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment2.6 %25 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Central government debt52.0 % GDP33 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Reserves$4B114 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2024
Local purchasing power20.2135 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety
Crime80.8148 of 148Numbeo
✚Health1.5 / 10
Life expectancy66.3 yr185 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100031.3153 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$85.15148 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending2.9 % GDP181 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10000.06186 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2023
Hospital beds per 10000.62145 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life0.8 / 10
Internet users18.8 %195 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending0.78 % GDP187 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population15.8 %216 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
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◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Foreign direct investment$-198,317,386184 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2024
Inbound tourism39,000 ppl182 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population10.8M91 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.7 %60 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman3.155 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10038.8206 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity43.3 %203 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita0.52 t43 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy54.6 %43 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2022
Military spending0.31 % GDP4 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport4.0 / 10
No visa needed in advance73 of 198118 of 199
Visa free37 of 198
Visa on arrival32 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)4 of 198
E-visa39 of 198
Visa required86 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not