Papua New Guinea carbon emissions and environmental impact

Papua New Guinea air pollution

Papua New Guinea as an air pollution mortality rate of 152.0 per 100,000 population. The mean annual exposure of PM2.5 in Papua New Guinea is 12.3 mg/m³, endangering 100.0% of its population according to the World Health Organisation guidelines.

Papua New Guinea territory

The territory of Papua New Guinea has a surface area of 462840 km², 452860 of which being land area. Forests represents 74.1% of the land with 335562 km². Around 0.2% of territorial waters are protected marine areas.

Papua New Guinea rents

The total resources rents of Papua New Guinea represent 24.51947% of its gross domestic product.

  • Oil rents: 3.03226% of GDP
  • Natural gas rents: 6.60947% of GDP
  • Mineral rents: 12.79392% of GDP
  • Forest rents: 2.08383% of GDP

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