Papua New Guinea — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Papua New Guinea, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Papua New Guinea was 3,020 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3,102 in 2022. The lowest was 116 in 1960 (about 26.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.15% per year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 164 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Papua New Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 22%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 30 of 36 economies; Cambodia (2,872) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 66% in 2006. That is 13% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1970; grown tenfold by 1994. Doubling roughly every 14 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 85th of 111 in 1960 → 100th of 146 in 1970 → 105th of 163 in 1980 → 133rd of 192 in 1990 → 153rd of 204 in 2000 → 159th of 212 in 2010 → 156th of 210 in 2020 → 142nd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,019.53 | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 2,912.49 | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 2,966.06 | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 3,102.29 | +19.0% |
| 2021 | 2,607.98 | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 2,429.61 | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 2,575.77 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,566.37 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 2,477.77 | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 2,316.39 | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 2,484.6 | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 2,723.18 | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 2,560.77 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 2,635.09 | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 2,288.38 | +22.6% |
| 2010 | 1,866.87 | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 1,568.83 | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 1,624.79 | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 1,370.75 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 1,238.18 | +66.3% |
| 2005 | 744.49 | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 620.6 | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 577.47 | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 506.33 | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 537.85 | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 635.96 | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 649.99 | -11.4% |
| 1998 | 733.48 | -25.9% |
| 1997 | 989.72 | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 1,071.04 | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 998.23 | -18.7% |
| 1994 | 1,228.24 | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1,151.28 | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 1,050.71 | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 941.71 | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 826.32 | -11.6% |
| 1989 | 934.25 | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 984.99 | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 865.47 | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 744.91 | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 696.57 | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 749.64 | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 768.64 | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 725.65 | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 781.41 | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 812.96 | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 747.8 | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 648.49 | +16.2% |
| 1977 | 558.02 | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 525.43 | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 481.95 | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 533.09 | +10.4% |
| 1973 | 482.82 | +47.8% |
| 1972 | 326.72 | +16.8% |
| 1971 | 279.67 | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 257.65 | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 225.29 | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 202.94 | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 188.97 | +10.5% |
| 1966 | 171.05 | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 153.94 | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 139.52 | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 128.87 | +3.3% |
| 1962 | 124.73 | +4.2% |
| 1961 | 119.66 | +3.6% |
| 1960 | 115.53 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Papua New Guinea’s GDP per capita in 1961?
119.66 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Papua New Guinea’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Papua New Guinea’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2513.6% in total — about 5.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,019.53; 2024: 2,912.49; 2023: 2,966.06; 2022: 3,102.29; 2021: 2,607.98. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.