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Papua
New Guinea Main Page
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The
eastern half of
the island of
New Guinea -
second largest
in the world -
was divided
between Germany
(north) and the
UK (south) in
1885. The latter
area was
transferred to
Australia in
1902, which
occupied the
northern portion
during World War
I and continued
to administer
the combined
areas until
independence in
1975. A
nine-year
secessionist
revolt on the
island of
Bougainville
ended in 1997
after claiming
some 20,000
lives.
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Geography
::Papua
New Guinea |
Location:
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Oceania,
group of islands
including the
eastern half of
the island of
New Guinea
between the
Coral Sea and
the South
Pacific Ocean,
east of
Indonesia
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Geographic
coordinates:
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6
00 S, 147 00 E
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Map
references:
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Area:
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total:
462,840
sq km
country
comparison to the
world: 54
land:
452,860
sq km
water:
9,980
sq km
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Area
- comparative:
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slightly
larger than
California
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Land
boundaries:
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total:
820
km
border
countries: Indonesia
820 km
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Coastline:
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5,152
km
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Maritime
claims:
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measured
from claimed
archipelagic
baselines
territorial
sea: 12
nm
continental
shelf: 200
m depth or to
the depth of
exploitation
exclusive
fishing zone: 200
nm
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Climate:
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Current
Weather
tropical;
northwest
monsoon
(December to
March),
southeast
monsoon (May to
October); slight
seasonal
temperature
variation
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Terrain:
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mostly
mountains with
coastal lowlands
and rolling
foothills
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Elevation
extremes:
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lowest
point: Pacific
Ocean 0 m
highest
point: Mount
Wilhelm 4,509 m
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Natural
resources:
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gold,
copper, silver,
natural gas,
timber, oil,
fisheries
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Land
use:
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arable
land: 0.49%
permanent
crops: 1.4%
other:
98.11%
(2005)
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Irrigated
land:
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NA
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Total
renewable water
resources:
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801
cu km (1987)
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Freshwater
withdrawal
(domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total:
0.1
cu km/yr
(56%/43%/1%)
per
capita: 17
cu m/yr (1987)
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Natural
hazards:
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active
volcanism;
situated along
the Pacific
"Ring of
Fire"; the
country is
subject to
frequent and
sometimes severe
earthquakes; mud
slides; tsunamis
volcanism:
Papua
New Guinea
experiences
severe volcanic
activity; Ulawun
(elev. 2,334 m,
7,657 ft), one
of Papua New
Guinea's
potentially most
dangerous
volcanoes, has
been deemed a
"Decade
Volcano" by
the
International
Association of
Volcanology and
Chemistry of the
Earth's
Interior, worthy
of study due to
its explosive
history and
close proximity
to human
populations;
Rabaul (elev.
688 m, 2,257 ft)
destroyed the
city of Rabaul
in 1937 and
1994; Lamington
erupted in 1951
killing 3,000
people; Manam's
2004 eruption
forced the
island's
abandonment;
other
historically
active volcanoes
include Bam,
Bagana, Garbuna,
Karkar, Langila,
Lolobau, Long
Island, Pago,
St. Andrew
Strait, Victory,
and Waiowa
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Environment
- current issues:
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rain
forest subject
to deforestation
as a result of
growing
commercial
demand for
tropical timber;
pollution from
mining projects;
severe drought
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Environment
- international
agreements:
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party
to: Antarctic
Treaty,
Biodiversity,
Climate Change,
Climate
Change-Kyoto
Protocol,
Desertification,
Endangered
Species,
Environmental
Modification,
Hazardous
Wastes, Law of
the Sea, Marine
Dumping, Ozone
Layer
Protection, Ship
Pollution,
Tropical Timber
83, Tropical
Timber 94,
Wetlands
signed,
but not
ratified: none
of the selected
agreements
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Geography
- note:
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shares
island of New
Guinea with
Indonesia; one
of world's
largest swamps
along southwest
coast
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People
::Papua
New Guinea |
Population:
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6,064,515
(July 2010 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 105 |
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Age
structure:
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0-14
years: 37.3%
(male
1,126,214/female
1,088,211)
15-64
years: 59.3%
(male
1,815,731/female
1,704,430)
65
years and over: 3.5%
(male
113,285/female
92,904) (2010
est.)
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Median
age:
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total:
21.6
years
male:
21.9
years
female:
21.3
years (2010
est.)
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Population
growth rate:
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2.033%
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 51 |
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Birth
rate:
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26.95
births/1,000
population (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 53 |
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Death
rate:
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6.62
deaths/1,000
population (July
2010 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 148 |
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Net
migration rate:
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0
migrant(s)/1,000
population
country
comparison to the
world: 112 |
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Urbanization:
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urban
population: 12%
of total
population
(2008)
rate
of urbanization:
1.9%
annual rate of
change (2005-10
est.)
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Sex
ratio:
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at
birth: 1.05
male(s)/female
under
15 years: 1.03
male(s)/female
15-64
years: 1.06
male(s)/female
65
years and over: 1.2
male(s)/female
total
population: 1.06
male(s)/female
(2010 est.)
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Infant
mortality rate:
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total:
44.59
deaths/1,000
live births
country
comparison to the
world: 58
male:
48.47
deaths/1,000
live births
female:
40.52
deaths/1,000
live births
(2010 est.)
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Life
expectancy at
birth:
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total
population: 65.99
years
country
comparison to the
world: 163
male:
63.78
years
female:
68.31
years (2010
est.)
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Total
fertility rate:
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3.54
children
born/woman (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 47 |
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HIV/AIDS
- adult
prevalence rate:
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1.5%
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 43 |
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HIV/AIDS
- people living
with HIV/AIDS:
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54,000
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 63 |
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HIV/AIDS
- deaths:
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fewer
than 1,000 (2007
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 75 |
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Major
infectious
diseases:
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degree
of risk: very
high
food
or waterborne
diseases: bacterial
diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and
typhoid fever
vectorborne
diseases: dengue
fever and
malaria (2009)
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Nationality:
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noun:
Papua
New Guinean(s)
adjective:
Papua
New Guinean
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Ethnic
groups:
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Melanesian,
Papuan, Negrito,
Micronesian,
Polynesian
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Religions:
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Roman
Catholic 27%,
Evangelical
Lutheran 19.5%,
United Church
11.5%,
Seventh-Day
Adventist 10%,
Pentecostal
8.6%,
Evangelical
Alliance 5.2%,
Anglican 3.2%,
Baptist 2.5%,
other Protestant
8.9%, Bahai
0.3%, indigenous
beliefs and
other 3.3% (2000
census)
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Languages:
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Tok
Pisin, English,
and Hiri Motu
are official
languages; some
860 indigenous
languages spoken
(over one-tenth
of the world's
total)
note:
Tok
Pisin, a creole
language, is
widely used and
understood;
English is
spoken by 1%-2%;
Hiri Motu is
spoken by less
than 2%
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Literacy:
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definition:
age
15 and over can
read and write
total
population: 57.3%
male:
63.4%
female:
50.9%
(2000 census)
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Education
expenditures:
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NA
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People
- note:
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the
indigenous
population of
Papua New Guinea
is one of the
most
heterogeneous in
the world; PNG
has several
thousand
separate
communities,
most with only a
few hundred
people; divided
by language,
customs, and
tradition, some
of these
communities have
engaged in
low-scale tribal
conflict with
their neighbors
for millennia;
the advent of
modern weapons
and modern
migrants into
urban areas has
greatly
magnified the
impact of this
lawlessness
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Government
::Papua
New Guinea |
Country
name:
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conventional
long form: Independent
State of Papua
New Guinea
conventional
short form: Papua
New Guinea
local
short form: Papuaniugini
former:
Territory
of Papua and New
Guinea
abbreviation:
PNG
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Government
type:
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constitutional
parliamentary
democracy and a
Commonwealth
realm
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Capital:
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name:
Port
Moresby
geographic
coordinates: 9
30 S, 147 10 E
time
difference: UTC+10
(15 hours ahead
of Washington,
DC during
Standard Time)
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Administrative
divisions:
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18
provinces, 1
autonomous
region*, and 1
district**;
Bougainville*,
Central, Chimbu,
Eastern
Highlands, East
New Britain,
East Sepik, Enga,
Gulf, Madang,
Manus, Milne
Bay, Morobe,
National
Capital**, New
Ireland,
Northern,
Sandaun,
Southern
Highlands,
Western, Western
Highlands, West
New Britain
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Independence:
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16
September 1975
(from the
Australian-administered
UN trusteeship)
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National
holiday:
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Independence
Day, 16
September (1975)
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Constitution:
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16
September 1975
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Legal
system:
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based
on English
common law; has
not accepted
compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
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Suffrage:
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18
years of age;
universal
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Executive
branch:
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chief
of state: Queen
ELIZABETH II
(since 6
February 1952);
represented by
acting governor
general Michael
OGIO (since 20
December 2010)
note:
governor
general Sir
Paulias MATANE
(since 29 June
2004) was
replaced on 10
December 2010
when his
reappointment to
the office in
May 2010 was
declared null
and void
head
of government: Acting
Prime Minister
Sam ABAL (since
14 December
2010)
note:
Prime
Minister Sir
Michael SOMARE
(since 2 August
2002) stepped
aside on 14
December 2010
because he was
to be referred
to a tribunal
for not
submitting three
annual fiscal
returns; Deputy
Prime Minister
Don POYLE (since
20 June 2010)
was replaced on
9 December 2010
by Sam ABAL
cabinet:
National
Executive
Council
appointed by the
governor general
on the
recommendation
of the prime
minister
(For
more information
visit the World
Leaders website )
elections:
the
monarchy is
hereditary; the
governor general
nominated by
parliament and
appointed by the
chief of state;
following
legislative
elections, the
leader of the
majority party
or leader of the
majority
coalition
usually
appointed prime
minister by the
governor general
acting in
accordance with
a decision of
the parliament
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Legislative
branch:
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unicameral
National
Parliament (109
seats, 89 filled
from open
electorates and
20 from
provinces and
national capital
district;
members elected
by popular vote
to serve
five-year
terms);
constitution
allows up to 126
seats
elections:
last
held from 30
June to 10 July
2007; next to be
held in June
2012
election
results: percent
of vote by party
- NA; seats by
party - NA 27,
PNGP 8, PAP 6,
URP 6, PANGU
PATI 5, PDM 5,
independents 19,
others 33; note
- election to 1
seat was
nullified
note:
15
other parties
won 4 or fewer
seats;
association with
political
parties is fluid
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Judicial
branch:
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Supreme
Court (the chief
justice is
appointed by the
governor general
on the proposal
of the National
Executive
Council after
consultation
with the
minister
responsible for
justice; other
judges are
appointed by the
Judicial and
Legal Services
Commission)
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Political
parties and
leaders:
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National
Alliance Party
or NA [Michael
SOMARE]; Papua
and Niugini
Union Party or
PANGU PATI
[Andrew KUMBAKOR];
Papua New Guinea
Party or PNGP
[Sir Mekere
MORAUTA];
People's Action
Party or PAP
[Gabriel KAPRIS];
People's
Democratic
Movement or PDM
[Michael OGIO];
United Resources
Party or URP
[William DUMA]
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Political
pressure groups
and leaders:
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Ahora
[Andrew MAMOKO]
(represents
local tribes);
Centre for
Environment Law
and Community
Rights or Celcor
[Damien ASE];
Community
Coalition
Against
Corruption
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International
organization
participation:
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ACP,
ADB, AOSIS, APEC,
ARF, ASEAN
(observer), C,
CP, FAO, G-77,
IBRD, ICAO, ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC,
IOM (observer),
IPU, ISO
(correspondent),
ITSO, ITU, MIGA,
NAM, OPCW, PIF,
Sparteca, SPC,
UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO,
UNWTO, UPU, WCO,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic
representation
in the US:
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chief
of mission: Ambassador
Evan Jeremy PAKI
chancery:
1779
Massachusetts
Avenue NW, Suite
805, Washington,
DC 20036
telephone:
[1]
(202) 745-3680
FAX:
[1]
(202) 745-3679
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Diplomatic
representation
from the US:
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chief
of mission: Ambassador
Teddy B. TAYLOR
embassy:
Douglas
Street, Port
Moresby, N.C.D.
mailing
address: 4240
Port Moresby PI,
US Department of
State,
Washington DC
20521-4240
telephone:
[675]
321-1455
FAX:
[675]
321-3423
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Flag
description:
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divided
diagonally from
upper hoist-side
corner; the
upper triangle
is red with a
soaring yellow
bird of paradise
centered; the
lower triangle
is black with
five, white,
five-pointed
stars of the
Southern Cross
constellation
centered; red,
black, and
yellow are
traditional
colors of Papua
New Guinea; the
bird of paradise
- endemic to the
island of New
Guinea - is an
emblem of
regional tribal
culture and
represents the
emergence of
Papua New Guinea
as a nation; the
Southern Cross,
visible in the
night sky,
symbolizes Papua
New Guinea's
connection with
Australia and
several other
countries in the
South Pacific
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National
anthem:
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name:
"O
Arise All You
Sons"
lyrics/music:
Thomas
SHACKLADY
note:
adopted
1975
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Economy
::Papua
New Guinea |
Economy
- overview:
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Papua
New Guinea is
richly endowed
with natural
resources, but
exploitation has
been hampered by
rugged terrain
and the high
cost of
developing
infrastructure.
Agriculture
provides a
subsistence
livelihood for
85% of the
population.
Mineral
deposits,
including
copper, gold,
and oil, account
for nearly
two-thirds of
export earnings.
Natural gas
reserves amount
to an estimated
227 billion
cubic meters. A
consortium led
by a major
American oil
company is
constructing a
liquefied
natural gas
(LNG) production
facility that
could begin
exporting in
2013 or 2014. As
the largest
investment
project in the
country's
history, it has
the potential to
double GDP in
the near-term
and triple Papua
New Guinea's
export revenue.
The government
faces the
challenge of
ensuring
transparency and
accountability
for revenues
flowing from
this and other
large LNG
projects. The
government of
Prime Minister
SOMARE has
expended much of
its energy
remaining in
power. He was
the first prime
minister ever to
serve a full
five-year term.
The government
has brought
stability to the
national budget,
largely through
expenditure
control;
however, it
relaxed spending
constraints in
2006 and 2007 as
elections
approached.
Numerous
challenges still
face the
government,
including
providing
physical
security for
foreign
investors,
regaining
investor
confidence,
restoring
integrity to
state
institutions,
promoting
economic
efficiency by
privatizing
moribund state
institutions,
and balancing
relations with
Australia, its
former colonial
ruler. Other
socio-cultural
challenges could
upend the
economy
including an
HIV/AIDS
epidemic, with
the highest
infection rate
in all of East
Asia and the
Pacific, and
chronic law and
order and land
tenure issues.
The global
financial crisis
had little
impact because
of continued
high demand for
Papua New
Guinea's
commodities
exports.
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GDP
(purchasing
power parity):
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$14.93
billion (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 136
$14.06
billion (2009
est.)
$13.33
billion (2008
est.)
note:
data
are in 2010 US
dollars
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GDP
(official
exchange rate):
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$8.809
billion (2009
est.)
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GDP
- real growth
rate:
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6.2%
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 34
5.5%
(2009 est.)
6.7%
(2008 est.)
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GDP
- per capita
(PPP):
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$2,500
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 177
$2,400
(2009 est.)
$2,300
(2008 est.)
note:
data
are in 2010 US
dollars
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GDP
- composition by
sector:
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agriculture:
32.2%
industry:
35.7%
services:
32.1%
(2009 est.)
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Labor
force:
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3.809
million (2009
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 91 |
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Labor
force - by
occupation:
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agriculture:
85%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%
(2005 est.)
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Unemployment
rate:
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1.8%
(2004)
country
comparison to the
world: 11 |
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Population
below poverty
line:
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37%
(2002 est.)
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Household
income or
consumption by
percentage share:
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lowest
10%: 1.7%
highest
10%: 40.5%
(1996)
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Distribution
of family income
- Gini index:
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50.9
(1996)
country
comparison to the
world: 19 |
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Investment
(gross fixed):
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17.3%
of GDP (2009
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 117 |
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Budget:
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revenues:
$2.917
billion
expenditures:
$2.765
billion (2009
est.)
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Public
debt:
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27.8%
of GDP (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 90
29.7%
of GDP (2009
est.)
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Inflation
rate (consumer
prices):
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6.8%
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 175
6.9%
(2009 est.)
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Central
bank discount
rate:
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6.92%
(31 December
2009)
country
comparison to the
world: 58
7%
(31 December
2008)
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Commercial
bank prime
lending rate:
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10.09%
(31 December
2009 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 101
9.2%
(31 December
2008 est.)
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Stock
of narrow money:
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$2.551
billion (31
December 2010
est)
$2.263
billion (31
December 2009
est)
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Stock
of broad money:
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$4.726
billion (31
December 2010
est.)
$4.14
billion (31
December 2009
est.)
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Stock
of domestic
credit:
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$2.796
billion (31
December 2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 122
$2.424
billion (31
December 2009
est.)
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Market
value of
publicly traded
shares:
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$NA
(31 December
2008)
$NA
(31 December
2007)
$6.632
billion (31
December 2006)
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Agriculture
- products:
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coffee,
cocoa, copra,
palm kernels,
tea, sugar,
rubber, sweet
potatoes, fruit,
vegetables,
vanilla; shell
fish; poultry,
pork
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Industries:
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copra
crushing, palm
oil processing,
plywood
production, wood
chip production;
mining of gold,
silver, and
copper; crude
oil production,
petroleum
refining;
construction,
tourism
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Industrial
production
growth rate:
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10%
(2009 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 16 |
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Electricity
- production:
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2.885
billion kWh
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 125 |
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Electricity
- consumption:
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2.683
billion kWh
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 129 |
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Electricity
- exports:
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0
kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity
- imports:
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0
kWh (2008 est.)
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Oil
- production:
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35,090
bbl/day (2009
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 68 |
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Oil
- consumption:
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36,000
bbl/day (2009
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 110 |
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Oil
- exports:
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32,490
bbl/day (2007
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 85 |
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Oil
- imports:
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14,380
bbl/day (2007
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 127 |
|
Oil
- proved
reserves:
|
170
million bbl (1
January 2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 62 |
|
Natural
gas - production:
|
100
million cu m
(2008 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 79 |
|
Natural
gas -
consumption:
|
100
million cu m
(2008 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 102 |
|
Natural
gas - exports:
|
0
cu m (2008 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 144 |
|
Natural
gas - imports:
|
0
cu m (2008 est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 103 |
|
Natural
gas - proved
reserves:
|
226.5
billion cu m (1
January 2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 44 |
|
Current
account balance:
|
-$99
million (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 77
-$446.4
million (2009
est.)
|
|
Exports:
|
$5.976
billion (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 104
$4.392
billion (2009
est.)
|
|
Exports
- commodities:
|
oil,
gold, copper
ore, logs, palm
oil, coffee,
cocoa, crayfish,
prawns
|
|
Exports
- partners:
|
Australia
30.05%, Japan
7.48% (2009)
|
|
Imports:
|
$3.547
billion (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 135
$2.871
billion (2009
est.)
|
|
Imports
- commodities:
|
machinery
and transport
equipment,
manufactured
goods, food,
fuels, chemicals
|
|
Imports
- partners:
|
Australia
43.27%, China
13.29%,
Singapore 9.59%,
US 6.4%, Japan
4.62% (2009)
|
|
Reserves
of foreign
exchange and
gold:
|
$3.017
billion (31
December 2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 85
$2.607
billion (31
December 2009
est.)
|
|
Debt
- external:
|
$1.548
billion (31
December 2010
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 145
$1.436
billion (31
December 2009
est.)
|
|
Stock
of direct
foreign
investment - at
home:
|
$NA
|
|
Stock
of direct
foreign
investment -
abroad:
|
$NA
|
|
Exchange
rates:
|
kina
(PGK) per US
dollar - 2.7517
(2010), 2.7551
(2009), 2.6956
(2008), 3.03
(2007), 3.0643
(2006)
|
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|
Communications
::Papua
New Guinea |
Telephones
- main lines in
use:
|
60,000
(2009)
country
comparison to the
world: 157 |
|
Telephones
- mobile
cellular:
|
900,000
(2009)
country
comparison to the
world: 147 |
|
Telephone
system:
|
general
assessment: services
are minimal;
facilities
provide
radiotelephone
and telegraph,
coastal radio,
aeronautical
radio, and
international
radio
communication
services
domestic:
access
to telephone
services is not
widely
available;
combined
fixed-line and
mobile-cellular
teledensity is
about 15 per 100
persons
international:
country
code - 675;
submarine cables
to Australia and
Guam; satellite
earth station -
1 Intelsat
(Pacific Ocean);
international
radio
communication
service (2009)
|
|
Broadcast
media:
|
2
television
stations, 1
commercial
station
operating since
the late 1980s
and 1 state-run
station launched
in 2008;
satellite and
cable TV
services are
available;
state-run
National
Broadcasting
Corporation
operates 3 radio
networks with
multiple
repeaters and
about 20
provincial
stations;
several
commercial radio
stations with
multiple
transmission
points as well
as several
community
stations;
transmissions of
several
international
broadcasters are
accessible
(2009)
|
|
Internet
country code:
|
.pg
|
|
Internet
hosts:
|
4,285
(2010)
country
comparison to the
world: 140 |
|
Internet
users:
|
125,000
(2009)
country
comparison to the
world: 152
|
|
|
|
Transportation
::Papua
New Guinea |
Airports:
|
562
(2010)
country
comparison to the
world: 12 |
|
Airports
- with paved
runways:
|
total:
21
2,438
to 3,047 m: 2
1,524
to 2,437 m: 14
914
to 1,523 m: 4
under
914 m: 1
(2010)
|
|
Airports
- with unpaved
runways:
|
total:
541
1,524
to 2,437 m: 9
914
to 1,523 m: 63
under
914 m: 469
(2010)
|
|
Heliports:
|
2
(2010)
|
|
Pipelines:
|
oil
195 km (2009)
|
|
Roadways:
|
total:
9,349
km
country
comparison to the
world: 136
paved:
3,000
km
unpaved:
6,349
km (2011)
|
|
Waterways:
|
11,000
km (2006)
country
comparison to the
world: 12 |
|
Merchant
marine:
|
total:
28
country
comparison to the
world: 89
by
type: bulk
carrier 2, cargo
24, petroleum
tanker 2
foreign-owned:
7
(Malaysia 1, UAE
6) (2010)
|
|
Ports
and terminals:
|
Kimbe,
Lae, Madang,
Rabaul, Wewak
|
|
|
|
Military
::Papua
New Guinea |
Military
branches:
|
Papua
New Guinea
Defense Force (PNGDF;
includes
Maritime
Operations
Element, Air
Operations
Element) (2009)
|
|
Military
service age and
obligation:
|
16
years of age for
voluntary
military service
(with parental
consent); no
conscription
(2010)
|
|
Manpower
available for
military service:
|
males
age 16-49: 1,532,378
females
age 16-49: 1,440,528
(2010 est.)
|
|
Manpower
fit for military
service:
|
males
age 16-49: 1,103,479
females
age 16-49: 1,107,479
(2010 est.)
|
|
Manpower
reaching
militarily
significant age
annually:
|
male:
66,139
female:
64,244
(2010 est.)
|
|
Military
expenditures:
|
1.4%
of GDP (2005
est.)
country
comparison to the
world: 108
|
|
|
|
Transnational
Issues ::Papua
New Guinea |
Disputes
- international:
|
relies
on assistance
from Australia
to keep out
illegal
cross-border
activities from
primarily
Indonesia,
including goods
smuggling,
illegal
narcotics
trafficking, and
squatters and
secessionists
|
|
Refugees
and internally
displaced
persons:
|
refugees
(country of
origin): 10,177
(Indonesia)
(2007)
|
|
Trafficking
in persons:
|
current
situation: Papua
New Guinea is a
country of
destination for
women and
children from
Malaysia, the
Philippines,
Thailand, and
China trafficked
for the purpose
of commercial
sexual
exploitation;
internal
trafficking of
women and
children for the
purposes of
sexual
exploitation and
involuntary
domestic
servitude occurs
as well
tier
rating: Tier
3 - Papua New
Guinea does not
fully comply
with the minimum
standards for
the elimination
of trafficking
and is not
making
significant
efforts to do
so; the current
legal framework
does not contain
elements of
crimes that
characterize
trafficking; the
government lacks
victim
protection
services or a
systematic
procedure to
identify victims
of trafficking;
the government
did not
prosecute anyone
in 2007 for
trafficking;
Papua New Guinea
has not ratified
the 2000 UN TIP
Protocol (2008)
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Illicit
drugs:
|
major
consumer of
cannabis
|
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