Corruption in Papua New Guinea

Corruption in Papua New Guinea is rife.^[1] According to The Economist, "PNG's governments are notorious for corruption, and ever run the risk of turning the state into a fully-fledged kleptocracy".^[2]

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index scores 180 countries according to the perceived corruption of their public sector on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). Those countries are then ranked by their score; the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.^[3] In the 2024 Index, Papua New Guinea scored 31 and ranked 127th. For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among the countries of the Asia Pacific region^{[Note 1]} was 84, the average score was 44 and the lowest score was 16.^[4] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 8 (ranked 180).^[5]

Papua New Guinea is below the satisfactory levels set by the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), according to a report submitted by Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) in 2011. TIPNG’s report found that in many cases, anti-corruption bodies in PNG were restricted by shortcomings in financial resources.^[6]

^ The National Research Institute (November 2007). "CORRUPTION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES" (PDF). The National Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
^ J.F. (8 August 2011). "Papua New Guinea and Australia: Near neighbours, worlds apart". The Economist.
^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
^ "CPI 2024 for Asia Pacific: Leaders failing to stop corruption amid an escalating climate crisis". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: Papua New Guinea". Transparency.org. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
^ Transparency International Papua New Guine (14 October 2011). "Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption" (PDF). Transparency International Papua New Guinea.

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[CorruptionPNG-1] The National Research Institute (November 2007). "CORRUPTION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES" (PDF). The National Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

[2] J.F. (8 August 2011). "Papua New Guinea and Australia: Near neighbours, worlds apart". The Economist.

[3] "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

[5] "CPI 2024 for Asia Pacific: Leaders failing to stop corruption amid an escalating climate crisis". Transparency.org. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

[6] "Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: Papua New Guinea". Transparency.org. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

[UNODC-7] Transparency International Papua New Guine (14 October 2011). "Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption" (PDF). Transparency International Papua New Guinea.

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