PNG · Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.11.04 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.3 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 4.9
- Economy 8.5
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Population
- 11,781,559 inh.
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Currency
- PGK
- Regime
- —
Executive in office
Head of State
Charles III
Head of Government
James Marape
Government in office · 3 members
Minister for Treasury
Ian Ling-Stuckey
Minister for Justice
Pila Niningi
Ministre de la Foresterie
Salio Waipo
Parliament
Parlement national
118 seats
Inception 1975
- People's National Congress Party 13
- United Resources Party 12
- Independent politician 8
- National Alliance Party 4
- People's Party 4
- Social Democratic Party 4
- People's First Party 4
- National Party 3
- Papua New Guinea Party 3
- United Labour Party 3
- Advance PNG 2
- Liberal Party 2
13 more groups
- Allegiance Party 1
- Papua New Guinea Greens 1
- Melanesian Alliance Party 1
- New Generation Party 1
- Our Development Party 1
- People's Labour Party 1
- People's Movement for Change 1
- People's National Congress Party 1
- People's Progress Party 1
- People's Reform 1
- Destiny Party 1
- Triumph Heritage Empowerment Rural Party 1
- Vacant 3
Composition · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · 2026.11.04
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
32 G$
GDP / capita
3,020 $
Growth
5.6 %
Inflation
4.4 %
Unemployment
2.6 %
Debt / GDP
52.0 %
Defense / GDP
0.4 %
Life expectancy
66.3 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.47/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
61/100
Corruption (CPI)
26/100
Press freedom (RSF)
60/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#131
Annual budget
0.1 Md$
Defense effort
0.3 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
13 Md$
Imports
7 Md$
Balance
6 Md$
Top exports
- 35% Or + cuivre
- 24% Gaz naturel (LNG)
Top imports
- 21% Pétrole raffiné
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
36%
-
GBR
38%
-
FRA
44%
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DEU
44%
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RUS
47%
-
CHN
58%
-
IND
62%
Abstention: 24%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.576/1
Refugees hosted
7,727
Refugees originating
644
National anthem
O Arise All You Sons of This Land
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Commonwealth
- APEC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,174 times a day (French and English). On 2026.11.03: 3,964, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.08.06 · 2026.11.03 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-11-04
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-11-04
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-11-04
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-27 · read on 2026-11-04
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-11-03 · read on 2026-11-04
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-10-23 · read on 2026-11-04
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)