Papua New Guinea Travel Advisory

Local Situation: 3.8 / 5

Please reconsider your need to travel to Papua New Guinea. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.

Regional Situation: 3.6 / 5

Papua New Guinea shares a land border with Indonesia. For these two countries, the Advisory Index is 3.6.

Papua New Guinea with its capital Port Moresby is a country in Oceania (Melanesia), slightly larger than California (462,840 km²). The country is located Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia. The climate can be described as tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation. The landscape is mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills. With a population of about 5.92 million citizens.

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Basic Statistics and Facts

Environmental problems and natural hazzards

These are problems Papua New Guinea is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.

Environmental problems

• pollution from mining projects
• rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber
• severe drought

Natural hazzards

• active volcanism
• mud slides
• severe volcanic activity; Ulawun (2,334 m), one of Papua New Guinea's potentially most dangerous volcanoes, has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its
• situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"
• the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes
• tsunamis

Top Industries and Agricultural Products

These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Papua New Guinea. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.

Industries

1. construction
2. copper
3. copra crushing
4. crude oil
5. gold
6. mining
7. palm oil processing
8. petroleum products
9. plywood production
10. silver

Agriculture products

1. cocoa
2. coffee
3. copra
4. fruit
5. palm kernels
6. pork
7. poultry
8. rubber
9. shellfish
10. sugar

Papua New Guinean Imports and Exports

These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Papua New Guinea.

Export products

1. cocoa
2. coffee
3. copper ore
4. crayfish
5. gold
6. logs
7. oil
8. palm oil
9. prawns

Import products

1. chemicals
2. food
3. fuels
4. machinery
5. manufactured goods
6. transport equipment

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current travel advisory for Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea is currently rated at 3,8 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 5 official sources. Please reconsider your need to travel to Papua New Guinea.

Is it safe to travel Papua New Guinea in 2024?

The score is rather high (3,8) and you should avoid all non-essential travel to Papua New Guinea. Maybe pick another location.

How many travel advisories do you know for Papua New Guinea?

We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 5 individual sources for Papua New Guinea.

What is the current Corona virus situation in Papua New Guinea?

There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Papua New Guinea. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Papua New Guinea.

What is the size of Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea has a size of 462,840 km² or 178,703 mi² which is slightly larger than California.

Common Frequently Asked Questions

For non-country specific questions, please check our global F.A.Q.