Deaths 30 d
1
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
0.1
last 90 days
Civilians
100%
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
1
Population
10.8 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 0
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level0
Nothing in the open sources stands out.
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Natural hazards, 7 days
1
Travel advice level (FCDO)
1
Internet outage alerts, 24 h
2
—
Refugees who fled
1 871
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Papua New Guinea, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 100%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- —
- 2026-08
- Share in food crisis
- —
- 2026-08
- Undernourishment
- 28.7%
- 2023
- Refugees who fled
- 1,871
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 10,848
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- 70,124
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- —
- 2026-09-29
- GDP per person
- $3,020
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
FEWS NET does not cover this country.
Latest incidents of organised violence1
| Date | Place | Sides | Deaths | Civilians | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-17 | in the Lower Lai constituency of Wapenamanda District | Waipilini — Baiyer Kaiagon | 1 | 1 | Postcourier (PNG) |
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days1
- Waipilini - Baiyer Kaiagon1
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days14
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 25, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia · Sep 21, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 21, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 21, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 19, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 17, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 10, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 10, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 8, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 8, 2026
- WildfireForest fires in Papua New Guinea · Sep 6, 2026
- EarthquakeEarthquake in Papua New Guinea · Sep 5, 2026
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Port Moresby
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 29 | 24…28 | 0.0 mm | 60 km/h | |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 23…28 | 0.0 mm | 75 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | 24…29 | 0.0 mm | 80 km/h | strong wind |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 24…29 | 0.0 mm | 84 km/h | strong wind |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 23…28 | 0.0 mm | 64 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 23…28 | 0.0 mm | 61 km/h | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 23…28 | 0.0 mm | 57 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Disasters since 20009
Earthquakes
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · May 20, 2025 · Magnitude 6.5M, Depth:10km
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · Mar 23, 2024 · Magnitude 6.9M, Depth:40.151km
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · Oct 7, 2023 · Magnitude 6.9M, Depth:76.011km
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · Jun 19, 2023 · Magnitude 5.9M, Depth:21.184km
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · Apr 2, 2023 · Magnitude 7M, Depth:70km
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · Sep 10, 2022 · Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:90.013km
- Earthquake in Papua New Guinea · Jul 17, 2020 · Magnitude 7M, Depth:79.79km
- Earthquake in New Britain Region, P.N.G. · May 14, 2019 · Magnitude 7.5M, Depth:10km
- Earthquake in Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. · May 6, 2019 · Magnitude 7.2M, Depth:126.92km
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)