The Global COVID-19 Index (GCI) - Papua New Guinea Dashboard

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Country Rank

147

Papua New Guinea

Recovery Rank for 184 countries/regions

COVID-19 Recovery Rating

2

Recovery Index
37.19
(Out of 100)

(100 = Best, 0 = Worst)

COVID-19 Severity Rating

1

Severity Index
26.97
(Out of 100)

(0 = Best, 100 = Worst)

Stringency Rating

56.52

(100 = Strictest Measures, 0 = No Measures)

Population

8,606,316

(Low Density)

GNI per capita (US$)

2570

(Lower middle income)

COVID-19 Recovery Rating Guide

5	Countries who have made the most progress in curtailing the spread of the pandemic and can be used as examples of best practices (Relative Rating)
4
3
2	Countries who are struggling to cope with the crisis and who may need to consider maintaining stringent non-pharmaceutical measures (Relative Rating)
1

COVID-19 Severity Rating Guide

1	Countries who are coping with the crisis with a low percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
2
3	Countries who may be overwhelmed by the crisis with a high percentage of infections and resulting deaths per population (Relative Rating)
4
5

Travel Advisory

Papua New Guinea - published 21.07.2020

1. Passengers and airline crew are not allowed to enter.
- This does not apply to passengers with a State of Emergency (SOE) controller approval.
2. Passengers can only land at Port Moresby (POM).
3. Residents of Papua New Guinea must depart from Brisbane (BNS), Cairns (CNS) or Singapore.
4. Passengers must have a medical certificate with a negative Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test result issued at most 7 days before departure.
5. Passengers are subject to quarantine for 14 days.

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA.

1. Passengers and airline crew are not allowed to enter.

- This does not apply to passengers with a State of Emergency (SOE) controller approval.

2. Passengers can only land at Port Moresby (POM).

3. Residents of Papua New Guinea must depart from Brisbane (BNS), Cairns (CNS) or Singapore.

4. Passengers must have a medical certificate with a negative Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test result issued at most 7 days before departure.

5. Passengers are subject to quarantine for 14 days.

Travel Advisory information provided and published with permission by IATA.

Papua New Guinea Infection Trend

How can you tell if a curve is really flattening?

The number of daily confirmed cases has been used as an estimation of how severe the COVID-19 situation is in a given country. However, we’ve found that focusing on the country’s cumulative number of active cases gives a clearer picture of whether the infection curve is flattening.

Countries with Similar Characteristics

This table is generated by a GCI-developed tool to match countries based on their similar characteristics such as population, population density, income and climate.

Country	Recovery Index	Population	Density	GNI per capita	Average Temperature since First Case (Celsius)	Match%
Papua New Guinea	37.19	8,606,316	Low Density	Lower middle income	26-30 deg
Congo Brazzaville	33.60	5,244,363	Low Density	Lower middle income	26-30 deg	100%
Mauritania	51.59	4,403,319	Low Density	Lower middle income	26-30 deg	100%
Mongolia	61.70	3,170,208	Low Density	Lower middle income	< 10 deg	85%
Central African Republic	33.11	4,666,377	Low Density	Low income	26-30 deg	75%
Gabon	33.62	2,119,275	Low Density	Upper middle income	26-30 deg	75%
Oman	46.11	4,829,483	Low Density	High income	26-30 deg	75%
Botswana	27.51	2,254,126	Low Density	Upper middle income	21-25 deg	60%
Finland	74.99	5,515,525	Low Density	High income	< 10 deg	60%
Libya	24.24	6,678,567	Low Density	Upper middle income	21-25 deg	60%
Namibia	26.88	2,448,255	Low Density	Upper middle income	21-25 deg	60%

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