Getting electricity: Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting electricity: Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages was 1 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages in Papua New Guinea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 1 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Papua New Guinea 1st out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 1 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
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- 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: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting electricity: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages in Papua New Guinea was 1 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting electricity: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 1st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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: Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages (0-1) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Th financial deterrents index evaluates whether financial deterrents exist to limit outages. A score of 1 is assigned if the utility compensates customers when outages exceed a certain cap, if the utility is fined by the regulator when outages exceed a certain cap or if both these conditions are met. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.