Measure
Snapshot
Papua New Guinea
Ranked 27 of 27 for comprehensive power, with an overall score of 4.2 out of 100.
Gained 0.9 points (+26% change) in overall score in 2024.
Measure
Analysis
Papua New Guinea is a minor power in Asia.
The country’s overall score increased by 0.9 points in 2024. It is slightly outranked by Timor-Leste, and so remains last-placed for overall power.
Papua New Guinea’s strongest measures are for economic relationships and resilience, where it places 21st. Its resource-rich economy and relatively conflict-free relationships with its direct neighbours — Indonesia and Australia — contribute to these results.
However, despite lying on the geographic continuum of Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea lacks regional clout and places last for military capability and future resources.
Papua New Guinea exerts less influence in the region than expected given its available resources, as indicated by the country’s negative power gap score, though this improved slightly in 2024.
Read more analysis in the Key Findings report. Explore further results in the Scores section.
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Bilateral Influence
Bilateral trade, current dollars (2022)
Countries that influence Papua New Guinea
Globally, which countries does Papua New Guinea do most of its trade with?
Countries influenced by Papua New Guinea
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Scores
Comprehensive power
A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power
27th
4.2
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