Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 65.54 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea stood at 65.54. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Papua New Guinea ranks 119th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 65.45 | — |
| 2015 | 65.47 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 65.5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 65.53 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 65.53 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 65.54 | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 65.54 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.07, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 65.54 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.47, 86% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
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 (db16-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Papua New Guinea was 65.54 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 65.54 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.45 in 2014.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 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 (DB16-20 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 DB16-20 studies.