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🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
PNG PG K Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
Every statistic we track for Papua New Guinea — 86 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$3,986
64.8 yrs
0.38
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📈 Economy
| Current Account Balance | 13.7% | #10/190 | 2026 |
| Economic Freedom of the World | 6 | #107/163 | 2022 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 3.9 | #112/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #180/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -1.1% | #46/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 34.4 | #112/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 52.1 | #132/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 2,632 | #152/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 3,986 | #168/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.2% | #156/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 49.2% | #103/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 3,024 | #138/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 5% | #53/191 | 2026 |
| Real GDP Growth | 3.8% | #61/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #142/191 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 3.1 | #55/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.6 | #17/172 | 2023 |
| Internally Displaced People | 70,124 | #31/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 23 | #178/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 7.3 | #100/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 13.1 | #75/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 24.2 | #195/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 644 | #111/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 15.4% | #212/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 43.3% | #202/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 18.8% | #174/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 49.2 | #197/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Education Spending (QoG) | 0.8% | #108/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 4.8 | #140/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.5 | #161/203 | 2024 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 36.9 | #147/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 23.7% | #113/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #74/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #127/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -0.8 | #144/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 31 | #127/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 31 | #126/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #106/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #102/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #94/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 2 | #96/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 61 | #102/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #48/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #155/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -0.9 | #163/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #39/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.4 | #80/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 0.4% | #144/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #94/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #59/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 56 | #88/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #97/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -0.3 | #108/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 60.1 | #72/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 2.2 | #46/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 6 | #76/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 14.9 | #77/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 21.2 | #16/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 6.3 | #24/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 27.6 | #12/193 | 2026 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #160/193 | 2023 |
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