To support the National Statistical Office (NSO) in coordination and monitoring of census operations in Madang Province, the Madang Provincial Administrator Mr. Frank Lau has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with National Statistician Mr. John Igitoi, witnessed...
PNG Economy Bounces back from COVID
The National Statistical Office (NSO) recently released 2021 and 2022 Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The NSO notes that Constant Price GDP fell during the COVID years, with 2020 falling 3.2% and 2021 falling 0.8%. However, post COVID the PNG economy showed strong...
Pilot Census Enumeration in Milne Bay Province.
Pilot Census Enumeration will be conducted in Milne Bay Province between the 16th – 25th October 2023. With the effort intended to maximize and enhance the data accuracy and data quality, National Statistical Office (NSO) has initiated a training led by a team of 8...
Training for Pilot Census Enumeration – Morobe
A team of 11 officers from the National Statistical Office (NSO) Head Quarters are currently at Lae as Trainers, Supervisors and Monitors along with the Census Director Mrs. Hajily Kele for the Pilot Census Enumeration Training. The trainers with their supervisors and...
PNG Economy falls by K1.4 Billion in 2020
The National Statistical Office released the 2020 Papua New Guinea Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the Friday 4th November 2022. According to the NSO, the size of the economy in 2020 reached K82.5 billion in current price terms, reflecting a fall of -1.6% from 2019....
Deferral of the 2021 National Population and Housing Census
This Public Notification serves to inform everyone in the country that the 2021 National Population & Housing Census (NPHC) has been deferred once gain to 2024. This is an important event slated for this year hence, the National Statistical Office (NSO) is...
Recruitment: LLG Trainers and Enumerators
The National Statistical Office is conducting a nationwide recruitment drive for the LLG Trainers and Enumerators from the 22nd of March to the 11th of April this year, 2021. The recruitment drive will be done in all the provinces by their respective Provincial Census...
Mosquitos and HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea
Many people in PNG still fear getting infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) through mosquito bites. This misunderstanding was revealed in a recent PNG Demographic and Health Survey (PNG DHS) conducted nationwide...
Economy nears K80 billion in 2018
The 2018 PNG National Accounts released today (11th, November, 2020) shows that the size of the economy has reached K79.4 billion in current price terms, reflecting a 9.5% increase from 2017. Current price GDP measures PNG economic production valued at the prices for...
World Statistics Day
The World Statistics Day was observed and celebrated by the National Statistical Office in Port Moresby yesterday, 20th October, 2020. The theme of the World Statistics Day was “Connecting the world with data we can trust.” The National Statistical Office invited...