Promote: Papua New Guinea
Your guide to exporting from and investing in Papua New Guinea.
Find market information, understand requirements and connect with the organizations that can help.
Export from Papua New Guinea
What Papua New Guinea sells and who buys it, the trade agreements, the steps to export and the organizations that help exporters.
Goods exports
US$13.8 billion
Source: UN Comtrade, Papua New Guinea exports by destination, 2024 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Invest in Papua New Guinea
The economy at a glance, what to check before you set up, the steps and the organizations that help investors.
Foreign direct investment inflows
US$-1.18 billion
Source: UNCTADstat, foreign direct investment, Papua New Guinea, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Find public support
The public and membership bodies that help companies, grouped by what you need, each linking to its own site.
Organizations in this guide
17
Promote:Papua New Guinea is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Papua New Guinea at a glance
PopulationEstimate
10.8 million
The World Bank reports a population of 10,762,817 in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, population, Papua New Guinea, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDPEstimate
US$32.5 billion
The World Bank reports GDP of US$32,498,658,653.8415 in 2025, in current dollars.
Source: World Bank WDI, Papua New Guinea GDP in current dollars (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDP per personEstimate
US$3,020
The World Bank reports GDP per person of US$3,019.5309140573 in 2025, in current dollars.
Source: World Bank WDI, GDP per person, Papua New Guinea, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Real GDP growthEstimate
5.6%
The World Bank reports real GDP growth of 5.63792052319458 percent in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, real GDP growth, Papua New Guinea, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Inflation
7.0%
Consumer prices rose 7.0 percent in the year to the September quarter 2026, the National Statistical Office index shows.
Source: National Statistical Office, consumer price index, September quarter 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of September quarter 2026
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Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 30, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.