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Papua New Guinea
RegionAsia-Pacific
GDP33.11[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita3847.65[$]
Population8.61[millions]
Urbanization13.35[%]
Land Area466857.42[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 146 32.4 7.7
Health 125 28.4 1.7
Air Quality 106 33.9 0.2
PM2.5 53 49.4 -1.8
Household solid fuels 178 4.8 1.8
Ozone 13 95.3 7.7
Sanitation & Drinking Water 150 15.5 3.6
Sanitation 150 15.4 3.7
Drinking water 148 15.6 3.6
Heavy Metals 61 60.3 3.3
Lead 61 60.3 3.3
Waste Management 75 43.9 -
Solid waste 75 43.9 -
Ecosystem Vitality 152 35.1 11.7
Biodiversity 161 27.3 0.9
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 160 17.9 2.7
Terrestrial biomes (global) 167 11.6 1.6
Marine protected areas 88 1.2 -
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 137 13.3 3.1
Species Habitat Index 27 94.6 -5.1
Species Protection Index 146 25.4 3.1
Biodiversity Habitat Index 4 78.3 -0.7
Ecosystem Services 92 34.2 -12.7
Tree cover loss 76 34 -11.8
Grassland loss 151 38.4 -28
Wetland loss - - -
Fisheries 63 13.1 -4.7
Fish Stock Status 96 3.1 -16
Marine Trophic Index 118 5.8 -
Fish caught by trawling 12 33.3 3.1
Climate Change 101 47.6 25.4
CO2 growth rate 130 27.6 20.8
CH4 growth rate 74 74.2 54.3
F-gas growth rate 56 90.1 36.6
N2O growth rate 56 68.7 7.6
Black Carbon growth rate 101 49.8 8.5
CO2 from land cover 119 37.4 -
GHG intensity trend 35 68 24.6
GHG per capita 35 79 3.6
Pollution Emissions 92 58.2 56.5
SO2 growth rate 77 75.2 75.2
NOx growth rate 121 41.1 37.7
Agriculture 122 31.3 3.2
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 122 31.3 3.2
Water Resources 134 - -
Wastewater treatment 134 - -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Pakistan 33.1
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Nepal 32.7
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Mongolia 32.2
Comoros 32.1
Guatemala 31.8
GDP per capita
Kyrgyzstan 39.8
Sudan 34.8
Zambia 34.7
Cambodia 33.6
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Marshall Islands 30.8
Bangladesh 29
Mauritania 27.7
Ghana 27.6
Cote d'Ivoire 25.8
Issue Performance
Moldova 44.4
Grenada 43.1
Philippines 38.4
Kenya 34.7
Eswatini 33.8
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Guatemala 31.8
Nigeria 31
Gambia 27.9
Regulatory Quality
Russia 50.5
Guyana 35.9
Maldives 35.6
Eswatini 33.8
Cambodia 33.6
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Tanzania 31.1
Mali 29.4
Vanuatu 28.9
Lesotho 28
Voice & Accountability
Serbia 55.2
Ecuador 51
Paraguay 46.4
Montenegro 46.3
El Salvador 43.1
Bhutan 39.3
Sri Lanka 39
Philippines 38.4
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Lesotho 28
Political Stability
Azerbaijan 46.5
Tajikistan 38.2
Zimbabwe 37
Uganda 35.6
Nepal 32.7
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Eritrea 30.4
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Mauritania 27.7
Haiti 27
Asia-Pacific
Timor-Leste 35.3
Laos 34.8
Fiji 34.4
Cambodia 33.6
Viet Nam 33.4
Micronesia 33
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Mongolia 32.2
Marshall Islands 30.8
Vanuatu 28.9
Small Island Developing States
Guyana 35.9
Maldives 35.6
Timor-Leste 35.3
Fiji 34.4
Micronesia 33
Cabo Verde 32.8
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Comoros 32.1
Marshall Islands 30.8
Guinea-Bissau 29.1
Ease of Doing Business Index
Brazil 51.2
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Iran 48
Dominican Republic 46.3
Bahamas 43.5
Egypt 43.3
Eswatini 33.8
Nepal 32.7
Papua New Guinea 32.4
Lesotho 28

 

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