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Papua New Guinea

PG

Port Moresby · pop. 12M · English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin · Papua New Guinean kina

Trajectories

economic complexity

#139

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · −2.14

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1995low−2.89
1996−2.73+0.16 pts
1997−2.81−0.08 pts
1998−1.74+1.07 pts
1999−2.84−1.10 pts
2000−1.69+1.15 pts
2001−1.75−0.06 pts
2002−1.29+0.46 pts
2003−1.38−0.09 pts
2004−1.54−0.16 pts
2005−2.59−1.05 pts
2006−2.56+0.03 pts
2007−2.68−0.12 pts
2008−2.52+0.16 pts
2009−2.38+0.13 pts
2010−2.23+0.15 pts
2011−1.43+0.81 pts
2012high−1.05+0.37 pts
2013−2.00−0.94 pts
2014−2.23−0.23 pts
2015−2.56−0.33 pts
2016−2.58−0.02 pts
2017−2.68−0.10 pts
2018−2.40+0.28 pts
2019−1.51+0.88 pts
2020−1.84−0.33 pts
2021−1.89−0.05 pts
2022−1.65+0.24 pts
2023−1.64+0.01 pts
2024latest−2.14−0.50 pts

economic momentum

$3,007

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $3,007

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$826
1991$942+14.0%
1992$1,051+11.6%
1993$1,151+9.6%
1994$1,228+6.7%
1995$998−18.7%
1996$1,071+7.3%
1997$990−7.6%
1998$733−25.9%
1999$650−11.4%
2000$636−2.2%
2001$538−15.4%
2002low$506−5.9%
2003$577+14.0%
2004$621+7.5%
2005$744+20.0%
2006$1,238+66.3%
2007$1,371+10.7%
2008$1,625+18.5%
2009$1,569−3.4%
2010$1,867+19.0%
2011$2,288+22.6%
2012$2,635+15.2%
2013$2,561−2.8%
2014$2,723+6.3%
2015$2,485−8.8%
2016$2,316−6.8%
2017$2,478+7.0%
2018$2,566+3.6%
2019$2,576+0.4%
2020$2,430−5.7%
2021$2,608+7.3%
2022high$3,102+19.0%
2023$2,966−4.4%
2024latest$3,007+1.4%

prices

0.6%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 0.6%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
19907.0%
19917.0%+0.01 pts
19924.3%−2.66 pts
19935.0%+0.66 pts
19942.9%−2.12 pts
1995high17.3%+14.4 pts
199611.6%−5.66 pts
19974.0%−7.66 pts
199813.6%+9.61 pts
199914.9%+1.36 pts
200015.6%+0.66 pts
20019.3%−6.30 pts
200211.8%+2.50 pts
200314.7%+2.91 pts
20042.2%−12.6 pts
20051.8%−0.38 pts
20062.4%+0.59 pts
20070.9%−1.46 pts
200810.8%+9.85 pts
20096.9%−3.84 pts
20106.0%−0.90 pts
20114.4%−1.57 pts
20124.5%+0.10 pts
20135.0%+0.42 pts
20145.2%+0.26 pts
20156.0%+0.77 pts
20166.7%+0.68 pts
20175.4%−1.25 pts
20184.4%−1.05 pts
20193.9%−0.45 pts
20204.9%+0.94 pts
20214.5%−0.39 pts
20225.3%+0.77 pts
20232.3%−2.95 pts
2024latest0.6%−1.70 pts

demographic curve

3.1 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 5.7 in 1980.

2024 · 3.1

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.0
19616.1+0.9%
19626.1+1.0%
19636.2+0.3%
19646.2+0.6%
19656.2+0.2%
19666.2+0.5%
19676.2+0.2%
19686.3+0.2%
1969high6.3+0.1%
19706.3−0.1%
19716.2−0.3%
19726.2−0.5%
19736.2−0.6%
19746.1−0.7%
19756.1−0.8%
19766.0−0.8%
19776.0−1.0%
19785.9−1.3%
19795.8−1.6%
19805.7−1.4%
19815.6−1.1%
19825.6−1.0%
19835.6−0.4%
19845.5−0.9%
19855.5−0.8%
19865.4−1.0%
19875.4−1.0%
19885.3−1.1%
19895.2−1.1%
19905.2−1.2%
19915.1−1.4%
19925.0−1.5%
19935.0−1.4%
19944.9−1.9%
19954.8−1.8%
19964.7−1.1%
19974.7−1.0%
19984.6−1.0%
19994.6−1.0%
20004.5−1.4%
20014.5−1.2%
20024.4−1.1%
20034.4−1.3%
20044.3−1.8%
20054.2−1.5%
20064.1−1.7%
20074.1−1.7%
20084.0−1.5%
20093.9−1.8%
20103.9−1.5%
20113.8−1.7%
20123.7−1.8%
20133.7−1.7%
20143.6−1.6%
20153.6−1.8%
20163.5−1.8%
20173.4−1.8%
20183.4−1.5%
20193.3−1.8%
20203.3−1.4%
20213.2−1.8%
20223.2−1.6%
20233.1−2.1%
2024latest3.1−0.9%

Metrics

  1. population
    12M
    83 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $31B
    107 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $2,966
    118 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $97M
    135 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.3%
    145 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    463K km²
    56 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    26 /km²
    134 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    66.1 yr
    141 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    24%
    150 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.5 t
    131 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    16%
    168 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.1
    47 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    0.3%
    155 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.0%
    153 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.0%
    122 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    33
    107 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    70
    142 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    10%
    53 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    42
    113 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    4%
    18 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  21. adult literacy
    87%
    64 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.38
    74 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  23. clean government
    31
    113 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  24. press freedom
    24.9
    41 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  25. human development
    0.576
    131 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  26. refugees hosted
    8K
    94 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  27. refugees produced
    504
    106 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data