Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score was 87.27 in 2014. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2009–2014
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2014, getting electricity (db10-15 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea stood at 87.27. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
That places Papua New Guinea 26th out of 184 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top quarter.
Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 87.18 | — |
| 2010 | 87.18 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 87.21 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 87.24 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 87.25 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 87.27 | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 87.27 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 66.76, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 87.27 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 81.9, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.18 | 87.18 | 87.18 | 1 |
| 2010s | 87.23 | 87.18 | 87.27 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
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 (db10-15 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting electricity (db10-15 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea was 87.27 in 2014, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db10-15 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 87.27 in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db10-15 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.18 in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting electricity (db10-15 methodology) - score?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 26th out of 184 countries with data for 2014.
- Is getting electricity (db10-15 methodology) - score rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 (DB10-15 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB10-15 studies.