🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea PG / PNG #54

Nomad Score 33.0

Cities 10

Region Malay Archipelago, Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Melanesia

Currency PGK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 26/100

Press Freedom (2025) 58.4/100 #78

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.467

HDI 0.576

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2010) 9.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 12.6/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.3% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Monarchy of Papua New Guinea	Charles III
Governor-General of Papua New Guinea	Bob Dadae

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 26 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 58.4 / 100

Global Rank #78 / 180

Rank Change +13 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #74 50.3

Economic #85 42.3

Legal #102 56.8

Social #101 57.0

Safety #69 85.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.467

Liberal 0.384

Participatory 0.280

Deliberative 0.248

Egalitarian 0.248

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	58.4	78	50.3	42.3	56.8	57.0	85.4
2024	56.0	91	42.2	47.1	51.5	56.4	82.9
2023	67.6	59	59.6	51.3	66.4	72.0	88.9
2022	66.7	62	62.4	45.2	66.1	81.3	78.2
2021	75.1	47	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	76.1	46	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	75.3	38	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	73.8	53	-	-	-	-	89.0
2017	74.9	51	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	74.2	55	-	-	-	-	70.6
2015	74.1	56	-	-	-	-	83.9
2014	76.5	44	-	-	-	-	-
2013	77.0	41	-	-	-	-	-
2012	9.0	35	-	-	-	-	-
2010	13.3	43	-	-	-	-	-
2009	14.7	56	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index