Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita was 0.0017 trips per person in 2022. ▲ Rising
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1995–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in trips per person.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0017 trips per person for arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 859.5% on the previous year and down 70.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.01 trips per person in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 trips per person, in 2021.
That places Papua New Guinea 165th out of 170 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | trips per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0045 trips per person | — |
| 1996 | 0.006 trips per person | +33.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0056 trips per person | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0058 trips per person | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0047 trips per person | -19.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0038 trips per person | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0035 trips per person | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0034 trips per person | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0034 trips per person | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0035 trips per person | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0037 trips per person | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0041 trips per person | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0049 trips per person | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0058 trips per person | +19.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0051 trips per person | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0054 trips per person | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0057 trips per person | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0059 trips per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0061 trips per person | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0072 trips per person | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0082 trips per person | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0079 trips per person | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0087 trips per person | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 0.01 trips per person | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0098 trips per person | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0008 trips per person | -92.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 trips per person | -76.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0017 trips per person | +859.5% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0017 trips per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0207 trips per person, 8% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0017 trips per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1137 trips per person, 2% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +859.5% | 0.0002 trips per person | 0.0017 trips per person |
| 2020 | -92.3% | 0.0098 trips per person | 0.0008 trips per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0053 trips per person | 0.0045 trips per person | 0.006 trips per person | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0041 trips per person | 0.0034 trips per person | 0.0058 trips per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0075 trips per person | 0.0054 trips per person | 0.01 trips per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0009 trips per person | 0.0002 trips per person | 0.0017 trips per person | 3 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 162 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0024 trips per person compare
- 163 Ethiopia 0.002 trips per person compare
- 164 Niger 0.0018 trips per person compare
- 166 Turkmenistan 0.001 trips per person compare
- 167 Bangladesh 0.001 trips per person compare
- 168 Chad 0.0009 trips per person compare
More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6846 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5295 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2811 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0038 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0017 trips per person in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.01 trips per person in 2018.
- What is the lowest arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 trips per person in 2021.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 165th out of 170 countries with data for 2022.
- Is arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Arrivals of tourists from abroad for personal purposes divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.