Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea in numbers — 18 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Papua New Guinea recorded GDP per capita: 3,020 (2025), ranking 164 of 212 worldwide; Population: 10.76 million (2025), ranking 91 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 66.3 (2024), ranking 185 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 4.42% (2025), ranking 51 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+13999%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-79%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 18 comparable series are higher and 12 are lower.
Its population of 10.76 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 18 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 32,498,658,653.84 | 2025 | +13999.4% |
| GDP per capita | 3,019.53 | 2025 | +2513.6% |
| GDP growth | 5.64% | 2025 | -8.8% |
| Population | 10,762,817 | 2025 | +439.5% |
| Population growth | 1.75% | 2025 | -30.8% |
| Urban population | 15.78% | 2025 | +355.7% |
| Inflation | 4.42% | 2025 | -27.2% |
| Life expectancy | 66.26 | 2024 | +44.6% |
| Infant mortality | 31.3 | 2024 | -78.6% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.52 | 2024 | +14.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 56,125,596,604.94 | 2025 | +745.7% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 5,214.77 | 2025 | +206.2% |
| Labor participation | 52.07% | 2025 | +7.1% |
| Unemployment | 2.57% | 2025 | -7.9% |
| Internet users | 18.81% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 43.3% | 2024 | +293.6% |
| Forest area | 78.95% | 2023 | -1.8% |
| Health spending | 2.87% | 2023 | +42.2% |