Papua New Guinea
Capital: Port Moresby · Lower middle income · Pop. 10.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 16.66% use safely managed sanitation services and 23.57% have at least a basic service (2024).
Papua New Guinea has about 78,505 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 0% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 0% of Papua New Guinea's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Papua New Guinea have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Papua New Guinea; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Papua New Guinea have enough freshwater?
Papua New Guinea has roughly 78,505 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 0% of it annually (low stress).