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Logistics infrastructure profile

Papua New Guinea — Logistics Infrastructure

Papua New Guinea's logistics infrastructure profile brings together its road and rail network scale, container and air-freight throughput, railway and metro stations, logistics facilities and maritime territory — each figure from a named public source.

Network and freight scale come from the World Bank and the GRIP4 global road inventory; railway and metro stations from GeoNames; warehouses, container and customs facilities from OpenStreetMap; maritime territory from Marine Regions; and the trans-European core network from the EU TEN-T.

38,043 km
Road network
204,518 TEU
Container throughput
2,402,238 km²
Maritime territory (EEZ)

Profiled infrastructure

Logistics performance

LPI score
2.7 / 5
World Bank LPI · 2023
Global rank
79 / 139
World Bank LPI · 2023
Customs 2.4Infra. 2.4Shipments 2.6Competence 2.7Tracking 3.0Timeliness 3.3

Transport network & freight

Road network
38,043 km
GRIP4
Container throughput
204,518 TEU
World Bank WDI · 2020
Air freight
7.1 M ton-km
World Bank WDI · 2023
Air passengers
1,547,502
World Bank WDI · 2023
Carrier departures
34,416
World Bank WDI · 2023

Stations & facilities

Warehouses
39
OpenStreetMap
Container facilities
13
OpenStreetMap
Customs posts
4
OpenStreetMap

Maritime & EU network

Maritime territory (EEZ)
2,402,238 km²
Marine Regions
Container terminals
9
SMDG
Liner shipping connectivity
49.36
UNCTAD LSCI · 2024-Q1
Best-connected port
Lae
UNCTAD PLSCI · Q1 2026

All Sources

InfrastructureGRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)GRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)
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Infrastructurethe World Bank's World Development Indicatorsthe World Bank's World Development Indicators
CC BY 4.0
InfrastructureOpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap
ODbL 1.0
InfrastructureMarine RegionsMarine Regions
CC BY 4.0
Portsthe SMDG Terminal Code Listthe SMDG Terminal Code List
UN/LOCODE — free, attribution
Logistics performancethe World Bank Logistics Performance Indexthe World Bank Logistics Performance Index
CC BY 4.0
Logistics performanceUNCTADUNCTAD
CC BY 3.0 IGO
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