Papua New Guinea exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Papua New Guinea in Oceania, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 138.5K | 0.0M | $15.0B | 5.42% | 0.00% | 17.17% |
| IND | 7.7K | 0.0M | $2.0B | 0.30% | 0.00% | 2.30% |
| RES | 2,408.2K | 10.8M | $70.2B | 94.28% | 100.00% | 80.53% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Papua New Guinea.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Papua New Guinea.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Papua New Guinea.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Morobe | 247.1K | 843.1K | $8,697.9M | 9.67% | 7.83% | 9.98% |
| National Capital District | 80.2K | 523.7K | $7,990.6M | 3.14% | 4.87% | 9.17% |
| Hela | 208.1K | 545.1K | $7,757.5M | 8.15% | 5.06% | 8.90% |
| Eastern Highlands | 230.5K | 841.2K | $6,785.1M | 9.03% | 7.82% | 7.79% |
| Southern Highlands | 191.7K | 775.7K | $6,502.5M | 7.50% | 7.21% | 7.46% |
| Milne Bay | 160.9K | 342.9K | $5,364.8M | 6.30% | 3.19% | 6.16% |
| Madang | 159.6K | 646.6K | $5,188.4M | 6.25% | 6.01% | 5.96% |
| East Sepik | 153.3K | 579.9K | $4,929.2M | 6.00% | 5.39% | 5.66% |
| Bougainville | 138.9K | 342.5K | $4,543.6M | 5.44% | 3.18% | 5.22% |
| Chimbu | 122.6K | 604.3K | $3,735.3M | 4.80% | 5.61% | 4.29% |
| Western Highlands | 131.0K | 545.3K | $3,415.7M | 5.13% | 5.07% | 3.92% |
| Enga | 119.6K | 696.7K | $3,348.4M | 4.68% | 6.47% | 3.84% |
| West Sepik | 89.1K | 320.5K | $2,941.8M | 3.49% | 2.98% | 3.38% |
| East New Britain | 90.4K | 480.4K | $2,897.8M | 3.54% | 4.46% | 3.33% |
| Jiwaka | 100.4K | 766.5K | $2,696.7M | 3.93% | 7.12% | 3.10% |
| West New Britain | 67.5K | 359.3K | $2,063.6M | 2.64% | 3.34% | 2.37% |
| Northern | 56.0K | 253.5K | $1,959.1M | 2.19% | 2.35% | 2.25% |
| Central | 63.3K | 394.5K | $1,775.2M | 2.48% | 3.67% | 2.04% |
| Western | 52.1K | 256.8K | $1,653.5M | 2.04% | 2.39% | 1.90% |
| New Ireland | 39.8K | 300.0K | $1,261.3M | 1.56% | 2.79% | 1.45% |
| Gulf | 39.7K | 272.0K | $1,170.8M | 1.55% | 2.53% | 1.34% |
| Manus | 12.7K | 72.5K | $444.9M | 0.50% | 0.67% | 0.51% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Papua New Guinea.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| W | W+WBB/LFM/CDN+ERH/H:1/RES | RES | 759,299 | 3,281.7K | $15,020.3M | 29.73% | 30.49% | 17.24% |
| W+WBB/LFM/CDN+ERH/H:1+HFAPP:1/RES | RES | 753,095 | 3,243.5K | $14,838.0M | 29.48% | 30.14% | 17.03% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 60,160 | 235.1K | $10,784.3M | 2.36% | 2.18% | 12.38% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 50,820 | 204.8K | $9,909.2M | 1.99% | 1.90% | 11.37% | |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 10,104 | 0.0K | $5,052.5M | 0.40% | 0.00% | 5.80% | |
| W | W+WBB/LPB/CDN+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 51,590 | 0.0K | $3,611.3M | 2.02% | 0.00% | 4.14% |
| W+WO/LN/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 187,234 | 804.5K | $3,358.1M | 7.33% | 7.47% | 3.85% | |
| OT | ME+MEO/LN/CDN+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 170,738 | 888.1K | $3,231.6M | 6.68% | 8.25% | 3.71% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERH/H:1-2/RES | RES | 108,816 | 482.3K | $3,084.5M | 4.26% | 4.48% | 3.54% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 11,410 | 0.0K | $2,282.2M | 0.45% | 0.00% | 2.62% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERH/H:1/RES | RES | 60,201 | 391.5K | $2,248.3M | 2.36% | 3.64% | 2.58% |
| OT | ME+MEO/LN/CDN+ERL/H:1+HFAPP:1/RES | RES | 104,639 | 449.6K | $1,884.2M | 4.10% | 4.18% | 2.16% |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERH/H:1/COM | COM | 25,707 | 0.0K | $1,799.5M | 1.01% | 0.00% | 2.07% |
| OT | ME+MEO/LN/CDN+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 39,215 | 0.0K | $1,764.6M | 1.54% | 0.00% | 2.03% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/RES | RES | 974 | 58.9K | $1,714.2M | 0.04% | 0.55% | 1.97% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 2,298 | 0.0K | $1,532.2M | 0.09% | 0.00% | 1.76% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDM+ERH/H:1+HFAPP:1/RES | RES | 51,064 | 219.4K | $1,417.4M | 2.00% | 2.04% | 1.63% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4-10/RES | RES | 254 | 28.5K | $839.1M | 0.01% | 0.27% | 0.96% |
| MUR | MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 25,399 | 136.3K | $824.6M | 0.99% | 1.27% | 0.95% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 66,447 | 290.4K | $788.3M | 2.60% | 2.70% | 0.90% |
| W | W+WBB/LPB/CDN+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 3,830 | 0.0K | $383.0M | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.44% |
| CR+ | CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 348 | 0.0K | $278.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| CR/LFINF/CDM+ERM/H:4/COM | COM | 174 | 0.0K | $174.1M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.20% | |
| MUR | MUR+CLBRS/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 2,121 | 18.0K | $101.5M | 0.08% | 0.17% | 0.12% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 4,827 | 21.2K | $87.0M | 0.19% | 0.20% | 0.10% |
| OT | ME+MEO/LN/CDN+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 1,532 | 0.0K | $85.8M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| ADO|ST|E | EU/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 2,069 | 9.1K | $29.2M | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.03% |