What every visitor should know about Papua New Guinea:

Capital
Port Moresby
Money
The currency is the Papua New Guinean kina (PGK). 1 PGK is worth about US$0.39, or €0.27.
Crime
CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 2 out of 5 (Use caution)

Areas of concern:

  • Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
  • Armed robbery is frequent
  • Carjacking
  • Banditry on rural roads
Tap water
Unsafe. Water purification efforts are inadequate to guarantee safe supply. Drink boiled or bottled water whenever possible.

Papua New Guinea facts and figures:

People

Population
6,057,263
Language
Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region
Ethnicity
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Economy

GDP
US$2,300 (per capita)
Income equality
Low
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