Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) was 5.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) in Papua New Guinea, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) in Papua New Guinea is 5.5 DB17-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 22.2% over five years.
Papua New Guinea ranks 166th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | DB17-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.5 DB17-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 4.5 DB17-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4.5 DB17-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.5 DB17-20 methodology | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 5.5 DB17-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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- 166 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.5 DB17-20 methodology 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 registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) in Papua New Guinea?
- Registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) in Papua New Guinea was 5.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2018.
- What is the lowest registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for registering property: quality of land administration index (0-30)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 166th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Registering property: Quality of land administration index (0-30) (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The quality of land administration index is the sum of the reliability of infrastructure, transparency of information, geographic coverage, land dispute resolution and equal access to property rights. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.