Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) was 0.0005 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1992–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.0005 t per person.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0007 t per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 t per person, in 1996.
Papua New Guinea ranks 155th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (capita) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.0004 t per person | — |
| 1993 | 0.0002 t per person | -35.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 t per person | +44.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 t per person | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0002 t per person | -51.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 t per person | +129.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 t per person | -18.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0007 t per person | +141.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0005 t per person | -32.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 t per person | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 t per person | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0005 t per person | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0005 t per person | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0005 t per person | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0005 t per person | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 t per person | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 t per person | -22.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 t per person | +39.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 t per person | -28.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0005 t per person | +48.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 t per person | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0005 t per person | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 t per person | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 t per person | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 t per person | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0005 t per person | +25.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0005 t per person | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0007 t per person | +33.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0007 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0003 t per person | -47.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0006 t per person | +62.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0005 t per person | -6.6% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0005 t per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0009 t per person, 57% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0005 t per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0024 t per person, 22% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +141.5% | 0.0003 t per person | 0.0007 t per person |
| 1997 | +129.2% | 0.0002 t per person | 0.0004 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0004 t per person | 0.0002 t per person | 0.0007 t per person | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.0005 t per person | 0.0004 t per person | 0.0006 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0005 t per person | 0.0004 t per person | 0.0005 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0006 t per person | 0.0003 t per person | 0.0007 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.6032 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0005 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0007 t per person in 1999.
- What is the lowest printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 t per person in 1996.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 155th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is printing and writing papers — import quantity, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. 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 Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Printing and writing papers — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.