Sworn Score
Country profile
Papua New Guinea
Oceania · Capital: Port Moresby
Score 45.0 ± 5 · Rank #73 of scored countries in 1985.
Based on 93/123 indicators, avg data age 1.6 years.
Category breakdown
How Papua New Guinea scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
47.2
Economy
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Governance
92.1
Education
35.0
Infrastructure
2.1
Environment
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Rights
33.5
Promises
Latest promise updates
2 achieved · 1 on track · 14 failing · 1 tracking
History
Papua New Guinea — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1975: -25.4 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32.9 | 175 |
| 2025 | 33.0 | 176 |
| 2024 | 33.8 | 175 |
| 2023 | 33.8 | 174 |
| 2022 | 34.2 | 174 |
| 2021 | 32.4 | 178 |
| 2020 | 32.8 | 173 |
| 2019 | 33.7 | 174 |
| 2018 | 34.2 | 173 |
| 2017 | 33.8 | 172 |
| 2016 | 33.8 | 171 |
| 2015 | 33.6 | 171 |
| 2014 | 36.0 | 163 |
| 2013 | 35.0 | 167 |
| 2012 | 37.0 | 161 |
| 2011 | 36.2 | 163 |
| 2010 | 36.6 | 160 |
| 2009 | 36.5 | 162 |
| 2008 | 36.5 | 159 |
| 2007 | 41.8 | 142 |
| 2006 | 42.3 | 142 |
| 2005 | 42.4 | 139 |
| 2004 | 42.9 | 133 |
| 2003 | 43.0 | 131 |
| 2002 | 43.1 | 133 |
| 2001 | 44.7 | 126 |
| 2000 | 45.4 | 126 |
| 1999 | 48.4 | 118 |
| 1998 | 47.9 | 120 |
| 1997 | 41.2 | 130 |
| 1996 | 43.4 | 126 |
| 1995 | 59.2 | 78 |
| 1994 | 57.7 | 85 |
| 1993 | 57.9 | 85 |
| 1992 | 58.6 | 72 |
| 1991 | 58.3 | 61 |
| 1990 | 56.5 | 68 |
| 1989 | 45.5 | 87 |
| 1988 | 45.9 | 84 |
| 1987 | 45.0 | 83 |
| 1986 | 45.4 | 78 |
| 1985 | 45.0 | 73 |
| 1984 | 44.0 | 68 |
| 1983 | 50.3 | 64 |
| 1982 | 51.9 | 56 |
| 1981 | 51.9 | 56 |
| 1980 | 51.6 | 48 |
| 1979 | 59.4 | 25 |
| 1978 | 59.0 | 25 |
| 1977 | 59.2 | 24 |
| 1976 | 56.5 | 23 |
| 1975 | 58.3 | 17 |
| 1974 | — | — |
| 1973 | — | — |
| 1972 | — | — |
| 1971 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1969 | — | — |
| 1968 | — | — |
| 1967 | — | — |
| 1966 | — | — |
| 1965 | — | — |