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	Papua New Guinea > General information
National Correspondent: Brown KONABE \| e-mail: bkonafoodsec@datec.net.pg

Country codes

ISO3:	PNG	ISO2:	PG
UN:	598	GAUL:	192
UNDP:	PNG	FAOSTAT:	168

Key statistics

Country area: 46284 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Official data, 2009.

Land area: 45286 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Agricultural area: 1150 (1000 Ha)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2009.

Population: 6858 (1000)
Source: FAOSTAT. Estimated, 2010.

GDP: 7893 (millions of US dollars)
Source: World Bank. Estimated, 2009.

Human development index: 0.431
Source: UNDP - HDRO. Calculated, 2010.

Maps

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Thematic profiles and systems:

FAO Country briefs - Brief overview of country's people, agriculture and FAO's major in-country development activities.

FAO Projects in the country - from the Field Programme Management Information System (FPMIS). The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

Country Profiles and International Human Development Indicators - Human Development Report Office (HDRO) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

News:

17/10/2011 - FAO honours model farmer from Japan [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

17/10/2011 - FAO honours model farmer from Lao PDR [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

17/10/2011 - FAO honours model farmer from Maldives [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

17/10/2011 - FAO honours model farmer from Papua New Guinea [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

17/10/2011 - FAO honours model farmer from Thailand [Source: FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]

30/03/2011 - Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) Data Tool [Source: IFPRI News]

20/01/2011 - Workshop on production of agricultural extension material [Papua New Guinea] [Source: AgInfo News from IAALD]

03/10/2010 - ICT vital for agricultural development in Papua New Guinea [Source: AgInfo News from IAALD]

30/09/2010 - Senior Research Assistant/Research Analyst [Source: IFPRI Jobs]

11/06/2010 - NAIS a vital information tool for agriculture development in Papua New Guinea [Source: AgInfo News from IAALD]

Land border countries:

Indonesia

Geographic and Economic groups:

Melanesia | Oceania | Pacific Islands Forum

Group members of Melanesia

Fiji | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu

Group members of Oceania

Group members of Pacific Islands Forum