Environment in Papua New Guinea 1,847 indicators covering environment for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change 2025 up 257.7% 34th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change 2025 up 244.6% 25th Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 10th Standard Deviation 0.183 °C 2025 unchanged 224th Temperature change 0.834 °C 2025 up 343.6% 212th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.8 % change on previous year 2024 down 88.6% 11th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 11.2% 107th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 18.9% 180th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.0% 69th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.7% 112th Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 22.6% 140th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 5.05 % change on previous year 2024 up 148.8% 26th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 up 0.5% 106th Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 7.5% 157th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year 2024 down 28.2% 89th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 5.4% 111th Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 up 1.2% 176th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 4.02 % change on previous year 2024 down 81.5% 51st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.2% 98th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 16.8% 151st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) -26.13 % change on previous year 2024 down 105.1% 133rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 47.6% 56th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 44.0% 90th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 1.34 % change on previous year 2024 up 514.1% 129th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.2% 128th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 19.0% 155th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) -0.0752 % change on previous year 2024 up 98.9% 177th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.0% 147th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 31.6% 161st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) -0.5511 % change on previous year 2024 down 102.6% 166th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.6% 133rd Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 20.4% 161st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) -0.2239 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.9% 141st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 24.8% 121st Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 19.6% 148th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.26 % change on previous year 2024 up 518.0% 26th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.4% 118th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 13.8% 155th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7669 % change on previous year 2024 up 331.3% 73rd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.3% 60th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 15.8% 113th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.4532 % change on previous year 2024 up 1.1% 82nd Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.4% 57th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 20.3% 104th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) -33.33 % change on previous year 2024 down 113.0% 149th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 75.9% 100th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 74.2% 138th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 2.22 % change on previous year 2024 down 83.0% 40th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.3% 80th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 28.7% 138th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) -19.42 % change on previous year 2024 down 171.5% 196th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.9% 120th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 37.9% 190th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) -0.4359 % change on previous year 2024 down 129.7% 154th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.8% 74th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 17.4% 147th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.23 % change on previous year 2024 down 79.4% 41st Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.8% 131st Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 Mt CO2e per person 2024 down 30.3% 147th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.24 % change on previous year 2024 up 475.2% 26th Page 1 of 31 Next →