Oceania
Papua New Guinea
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Papua New Guinea's #11 import source (world lens). Papua New Guinea is the EU's #110 goods supplier.
Papua New Guinea on the world stage
Total imports
$6.2bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$9.9bn
173 partners
#1 import source
Australia
29.9%
#1 export dest.
Australia
22.0%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Papua New Guinea and the EU
EU imports from
€969m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€108m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #110 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.11
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
514
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● No domestic fuelMarket model
State monopoly (PNG Power)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ICCC (Independent Consumer and Competition Commission)
Isolated, fragmented grids across mountainous terrain with only 13% electrification. PNG Power operates three disconnected systems (Port Moresby, Ramu, Gazelle) while mining companies self-generate.
Tracked infrastructure
1 hydro plants
77 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
12
6 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
3
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
CEPA environmental permits + Water Quality Criteria + an…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
22.6
→ 28.5 by 2050
Fertility
3.07
above replacement
Working-age
63.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.5
→ 11 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 10.6M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +41% (14.9M)