Ease of doing business in Papua New Guinea
Assessment of the overall business and investment climate in Papua New Guinea, according to the World Bank.
Delegates at the 2024 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference. Credit: Stefan Daniljchenko/BAI
Business Ready (B-READY) is the World Bank’s successor to the discontinued Ease of Doing Business index. Unlike its predecessor, B-READY does not produce a single global ranking. Instead, it provides data across multiple indicators, on a scale from 100 for the highest score to 0 for the lowest.
The scores for each of the three pillars – Regulatory Framework, Public Services and Operational Efficiency – are calculated by taking the average of the corresponding scores across the 10 B-READY topics.
PNG received the following pillar scores in 2025:
| PILLAR | PNG SCORE | GLOBAL AVERAGE |
| Regulatory framework | 55.28 | 66.32 |
| Public services | 33.46 | 53.97 |
| Operational efficiency | 42.69 | 60.03 |
PNG received the following B-READY scores in 2025:
| B-READY TOPIC | PNG SCORE |
| Business entry | 51.67 |
| Business location | 42.20 |
| Utility services | 50.37 |
| Labour | 54.05 |
| Financial services | 72.08 |
| International trade | 30.73 |
| Taxation | 46.58 |
| Dispute resolution | 28.54 |
| Market competition | 39.43 |
| Business insolvency | 22.45 |
Source: World Bank
