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.
Key Statistics
Census & Surveys
2025Household Income and Expenditure Survey
2025Labour force survey
2025Other Census and Surveys
Upcoming Events
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News & Publications
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Setting the trend: Seventh Pacific Heads of Planning and Statistics
December 4, 2025
On 3 November 2025, Wellington, New Zealand, became the hub for Pacific collaboration as it hosted the seventh conference of the Heads of Planning and Statistics (HOPS)—the first time this event has been held in New Zealand.
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Invisibility to inclusion: Pacific-led guidance to transform disability statistics
December 3, 2025
When disability data are missing, so are the people they represent. A new guidebook sets out to change that, making sure everyone is counted and helping build disability-inclusive societies.
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Pacific Gender Outlook reveals women’s representation in parliaments one third of global average, and major gaps in meeting other SDGs
November 4, 2025
A new publication produced jointly by UN Women and the Pacific Community (SPC) highlights gender gaps in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals across the Pacific.
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Pacific senior leaders to ‘set the trend’ on statistics and planning in Aotearoa
October 31, 2025
More than 100 decision-makers from the Pacific and beyond meet in Wellington next week for HOPS7, the region’s highest-level platform for planning and statistics. Co-hosted by SPC and Stats NZ, the week champions Pacific leadership and innovation with the theme ‘Setting the Trend’.
Population Pyramid
PDH.stat datasets
- .stat About PICTs This table provides a series of non-statistical information about Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs).
- .stat Overseas visitor arrivals Overseas visitors include sea and air arrivals. It includes excursionists/same-day-visitors i.e. visitors from the cruise ship as well. [...]
- .stat Balance of payments Balance of payments data from IMF’s Balance of Payment analytical presentation per country for Pacific Island Countries and Territories.
- .stat COVID-19 cases in Pacific Island Countries and Territories Statistics from SPC's Public Health Division (PHD) on the number of cases of COVID-19 and the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Pacific Island [...]
- .stat Civil Registration Completeness within 12 months of Birth or Death Estimations of civil registration completeness within 12 months of birth or 12 months of death. [...]
Country Key Reports
Census
pdf Guidance Note 06: Sampling guidelines for the Pacific
PDF | 2.92 MB
pdf Guidance Note 02: Microdata Dissemination
PDF | 1011.52 KB
pdf Guidance Note 03: Imputation of housing rent in consumption aggregate
PDF | 3.37 MB
Household Income and Expenditure Surveys
pdf Guidance Note 03: Imputation of housing rent in consumption aggregate
PDF | 3.37 MB
pdf Guidance Note 11: the Pacific HIES toolkit - Fieldwork for HIES
PDF | 1.27 MB
pdf Guidance Note 01: Monetary Poverty Measurement
PDF | 2.15 MB
Demographic and Health Surveys
pdf Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey 2006
PDF | 34.58 MB
pdf Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey 1996
PDF | 2.28 MB
pdf Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey Report 2016-18
PDF | 5.55 MB
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
pdf Quality assurance and improvement framework for MCCD and ICD mortality coding
PDF | 1.51 MB
pdf E-learning Data Cleaning Quality Assessment for the Production of Civil Registration-based Vital Statistics - Death Registration
PDF | 450.91 KB | Disclaimer
pdf E-learning Data Cleaning Quality Assessment for the Production of Civil Registration-based Vital Statistics - Birth Registration
PDF | 537.38 KB | Disclaimer
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Other Resources
General listing of Papua New Guinea, datasets and publications.
Latest statistics and releases from the Statistics Department, including CPI releases, downloads Yearbooks, and more.
Providing information on the work the Government is doing for the people of Papua New Guinea.
Documented Censuses and Surveys related to Papua New Guinea.
Requests for download of microdata for selected datasets is possible.
The Pacific Environment Portal provides an easy way to find, access and reuse regional and national data.
The Social Protection Indicator for the Pacific: Assessing Progress.