Report by the WTO Secretariat

Papua New Guinea’s resource-rich economy remains heavily reliant on subsistence agriculture. Its average GDP per capita was just over US$1,000 in 2007. PNG is heavily trade dependent (both on primary exports and manufactured imports, including inputs), and vulnerable to world commodity price movements. Ranking 148th on the UNDP’s Human Development Index (a lowranked medium human development country), PNG has not met the Millennium Development Goals.