The country most people misjudge from a distance.
In 2023, Forbes ranked PNG the 9th most beautiful country in the world, yet the picture people form online rarely matches life on the ground. We've been in PNG since 2014, with a full team of local Papua New Guineans in our Port Moresby office. Every word in this guide comes from people who know the country: our PNG staff and the expats we've placed across the nation. It's the guide we wish every candidate had before they said yes.
What's inside.
The complete guide goes deeper than any headline. Inside, you'll find the practical detail that makes a move work:
Housing, healthcare and schooling
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Transport, banking and cost of living
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Language, culture and history
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Safety and settling in
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Lifestyle, community and the places worth seeing
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The seven traits that help expats thrive here
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Don't judge it from the headlines.
In our Voices of Expats in PNG survey, 84% said their view of PNG changed over time, and only a fraction felt the media represented the country fairly. The people who live here tell a very different story to the one you read from a distance.
It wasn't as bad as it was shown in the news.
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