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Contact usPapua New Guinea
GDP (PPP) per capita (2023): 4,632.98 Int. Dollar | Population (2023): 10,389,635 | HDI (2023): 0.58 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
167
Score: 35.2
Vulnerability
0.550
Readiness
0.254
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Papua New Guinea places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Papua New Guinea is the 25th most vulnerable country and the 159th most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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Ranking | 154 | 159 | 166 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 173 | 180 | 178 | 182 | 180 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 178 | 173 | 174 | 171 | 174 | 173 | 169 | 173 | 164 | 166 | 172 | 164 | 168 | 166 | 167 |
Indicator | 2004 to 2023 | Score |
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Vulnerability | 0.550 | |
Food | 0.682 | |
Projected change of cereal yields | 0.951 | |
Projected population change | 0.393 | |
Food import dependency | 0.303 | |
Rural population | 0.930 | |
Agriculture capacity | 0.931 | |
Child malnutrition | 0.583 | |
Water | 0.327 | |
Projected change of annual runoff | - | |
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 0.306 | |
Fresh water withdrawal rate | 0 | |
Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
Dam capacity | 1.000 | |
Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
Health | 0.713 | |
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.091 | |
Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 0.778 | |
Dependency on external resource for health services | 1.000 | |
Slum population | - | |
Medical staff | 0.984 | |
Access to improved sanitation facilities | - | |
Ecosystem Services | 0.633 | |
Projected change of biome distribution | 0.459 | |
Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.807 | |
Natural capital dependency | 1.000 | |
Ecological footprint | 0.085 | |
Protected biome | 0.699 | |
Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.749 | |
Human Habitat | 0.555 | |
Projected change of warm periods | 0.372 | |
Projected change of flood hazard | 0.686 | |
Urban concentration | 0.070 | |
Age dependency ratio | 0.568 | |
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.667 | |
Paved roads | 0.968 | |
Infrastructure | 0.388 | |
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | - | |
Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.065 | |
Dependency on imported energy | - | |
Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.457 | |
Electricity access | 0.803 | |
Disaster preparedness | 0.225 |