Papua New Guinea

Capital: Port Moresby                Land area: 462,840 km²                Region: Melanesia

Papua New Guinea is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby.

Papua New Guinea
Census & Surveys
2023Population and Housing Census

News & Publications

Vanuatu first pilot country for the development of the Pacific Customs Commodity Trade Database

April 26, 2023
Vanuatu is set to be the pilot country for a new database that will improve insights on trade to enable better policy and business decisions.

PFTD developed through regional network and partnerships for future food system sustainability

April 9, 2023
Food is central to a healthy and sustainable future for the Pacific. Understanding the Pacific Food System is integral to making informed decisions around food production, distribution, and consumption. Access to reliable information is essential to making good decisions.

Unlocking Data Assets: Encouraging Re-use and Access to Survey Microdata

April 4, 2023
SPC's Statistics for Development Division seeks to support the whole statistical life cycle - from identifying an enduring need that data can support, through design and collection, and ultimately the analysis and dissemination of insight that feeds into decision-making.

A method for cleaning international food trade data for regional analysis: The Pacific Food Trade Database.

March 30, 2023
International trade in food is an essential component of the global food system, with consequences ranging from environmental sustainability to public health. Evidence-based food policy requires analysis and interpretation of trade flows among countries.

Population Pyramid

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