Life expectancy
66.3 · 2024
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Papua New Guinea
$3,007GDP per capita · 2024
Economic events
Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.
- 1873–1879Long Depression
- 1918–1920Influenza pandemic
- 1929–1939Great Depression
- 1973–19741973 oil crisis
- 19791979 oil crisis
- 1997–1998Asian financial crisis
- 2000–2002Dot-com crash
- 2008–2009Global financial crisis
- 2010–2012European sovereign-debt crisis
- 2020–2021COVID-19 pandemic
- 2022Global inflation surge
Demographics
Population
10.6M · 2024
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Population growth
1.8% · 2024
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Urban population
15.4% · 2024
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Environment
CO₂ per capita
0.5 · 2024
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External
Current account balance
15.0% · 2024
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Current account balance (IMF)
14.7% · 2025
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Government
Central government debt
52.4% · 2023
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Government gross debt
52.1% · 2025
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Labour
Unemployment
2.6% · 2025
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Unemployment rate (IMF)
No data
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Output & growth
GDP
$31.8B · 2024
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GDP (IMF)
$32.5B · 2025
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GDP (PPP)
Int’l$ 48.8B · 2025
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GDP growth
3.8% · 2024
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GDP per capita
$3,007 · 2024
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GDP per capita (IMF)
$2,538 · 2025
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GNI per capita
$2,900 · 2024
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Real GDP growth
5.6% · 2025
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Prices
Inflation (CPI)
0.6% · 2024
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Inflation (avg CPI)
4.4% · 2025
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Society
Income inequality (Gini)
41.9 · 2009
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Internet users
18.8% · 2024
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Trade
Exports
72.2% · 2004
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Imports
58.9% · 2004
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Trade
131.1% · 2004
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