Papua New Guinea

 

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Papua New Guinea
RegionAsia-Pacific
GDP36.69[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita4101.22[$]
Population8.95[millions]
Land Area466857.42[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 175 24.80 0.20
Ecosystem Vitality 172 21.90 -0.80
Biodiversity 165 16.30 NA
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 160 17.90 2.70
Terrestrial biomes (global) 165 11.60 1.60
Marine protected areas 92 1.20 NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 170 3.60 -6.60
Biodiversity Habitat Index 12 67.20 NA
Species Protection Index 159 9.40 1.30
Species Habitat Index 27 94.70 -5.00
Ecosystem Services 63 31.40 3.00
Tree cover loss 64 20.00 -7.00
Grassland loss 1 100.00 63.20
Wetland loss NA NA NA
Fisheries 19 35.50 2.60
Fish Stock Status 13 62.90 5.20
Marine Trophic Index 106 8.20 NA
Fish caught by trawling NA NA NA
Acidification 162 33.70 -19.30
SO2 growth rate 161 31.10 -19.10
NOx growth rate 155 36.40 -19.40
Agriculture 164 15.60 1.60
Pesticide 152 NA NA
N Mgmt Index 122 31.30 3.20
Water Resources 141 NA NA
Wastewater treatment 141 NA NA
Health 118 29.90 1.40
Air Quality 107 31.70 -0.10
PM2.5 53 42.40 -2.90
Household solid fuels 178 5.00 1.80
Ozone 1 100.00 14.70
NOx 25 64.10 0.40
SO2 95 46.50 1.30
CO 22 82.20 -2.50
VOC 169 NA NA
Sanitation Drinking Water 150 15.60 4.00
Sanitation 150 15.40 4.10
Drinking water 148 15.80 4.00
Heavy Metals 61 59.60 3.30
Lead 61 59.60 3.30
Waste Management 110 25.80 0.80
Solid waste 105 29.30 NA
Recycling 164 6.30 0.50
Ocean Plastics 58 38.30 2.90
Climate Policy 153 25.40 0.90
Climate Change 153 25.40 0.90
CO2 growth rate 141 13.10 13.10
CH4 growth rate 176 NA -7.90
F-gas growth rate 65 60.70 60.70
N2O growth rate 72 68.20 13.50
Black Carbon growth rate 106 60.70 19.90
Proj. GHG Emissions 93 34.90 -11.80
CO2 from land cover 126 23.70 -23.30
GHG intensity trend 176 NA -18.70
GHG per capita 43 73.20 -10.30

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Guatemala 28
Iraq 27.8
Ghana 27.7
Sudan 27.6
Turkey 26.3
Haiti 26.1
Liberia 24.9
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Bangladesh 23.1
GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe 52.9
Tajikistan 37.1
Kenya 30.8
Cameroon 30.2
Cambodia 30.1
Nepal 28.3
Sudan 27.6
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Myanmar 19.4
Issue Performance
Timor-Leste 35.1
Sri Lanka 34.7
Sierra Leone 32.7
Fiji 31.3
Angola 30.5
Philippines 28.9
Guatemala 28
Madagascar 28
Liberia 24.9
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Government Effectiveness
Gabon 49.7
Eswatini 44.9
Malawi 40.6
Timor-Leste 35.1
Solomon Islands 35
Lesotho 32.3
Guinea 31.6
Cameroon 30.2
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Bangladesh 23.1
Regulatory Quality
Belarus 48.5
Malawi 40.6
Nicaragua 37.7
Gambia 36.4
Egypt 35.5
Tanzania 34.2
Mozambique 31.7
Nepal 28.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Voice and Accountability
North Macedonia 54.3
Armenia 48.3
Montenegro 46.9
Ecuador 46.5
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Georgia 39.1
Lesotho 32.3
Fiji 31.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Rule of Law
Sao Tome and Principe 52.9
Belize 50
Gabon 49.7
El Salvador 40.8
Azerbaijan 38.6
Russia 37.5
Sierra Leone 32.7
Benin 29.6
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Pakistan 24.6
Control of Corruption
Panama 50.5
Albania 47.1
Ecuador 46.5
Moldova 42.7
El Salvador 40.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Algeria 29.6
Nepal 28.3
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Belarus 48.5
Israel 48.2
Colombia 42.4
Azerbaijan 38.6
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Russia 37.5
Uganda 35.8
Philippines 28.9
Mauritania 28.1
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Asia-Pacific
Fiji 31.3
Laos 30.7
Cambodia 30.1
Mongolia 29.6
Philippines 28.9
China 28.4
Indonesia 28.2
Papua New Guinea 24.8
Viet Nam 20.1
Myanmar 19.4
Small Island Developing States
Micronesia 37.4
Maldives 37.4
Vanuatu 36.9
Samoa 36.4
Marshall Islands 36.2
Timor-Leste 35.1
Solomon Islands 35
Fiji 31.3
Haiti 26.1
Papua New Guinea 24.8
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