Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.7% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Papua New Guinea, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 99.7% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Papua New Guinea peaked at 99.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 99.1%, in 2010.
That places Papua New Guinea 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 99.1% | — |
| 2010 | 99.1% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 99.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 99.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 99.1% | 99.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 21 Philippines 99.7% compare
- 22 Netherlands 99.7% compare
- 23 Malaysia 99.7% compare
- 25 Finland 99.7% compare
- 26 Saudi Arabia 99.7% compare
- 27 India 99.6% compare
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Papua New Guinea was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.1% in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.