Papua New Guinea — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Papua New Guinea, 1960–2025.
GDP for Papua New Guinea was 32.50 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 230.50 million in 1960 (about 141.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.91% per year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 112 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 53%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Papua New Guinea sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 50%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 16 of 36 economies; Mongolia (25.37 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 72% in 2006. That is 23% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1980. Doubling roughly every 9.1 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 86th of 111 in 1960 → 88th of 146 in 1970 → 95th of 163 in 1980 → 120th of 192 in 1990 → 135th of 204 in 2000 → 116th of 212 in 2010 → 109th of 210 in 2020 → 110th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32,498,658,653.84 | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 30,803,971,189.41 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 30,816,328,065.65 | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 31,653,230,962.45 | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 26,113,409,477.73 | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 23,848,447,849.61 | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 24,750,626,029.88 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 24,109,780,708.03 | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 22,742,699,138.36 | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 20,758,876,952.62 | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 21,723,437,010.1 | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 23,210,823,987.31 | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 21,261,338,064.88 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 21,295,168,665.72 | +18.4% |
| 2011 | 17,985,138,065.85 | +26.2% |
| 2010 | 14,250,786,674.78 | +22.6% |
| 2009 | 11,619,456,449.27 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 11,670,892,800.53 | +22.3% |
| 2007 | 9,545,028,944.35 | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 8,354,911,040.7 | +71.7% |
| 2005 | 4,865,892,972.28 | +23.9% |
| 2004 | 3,927,157,866.96 | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 3,536,411,824.3 | +17.9% |
| 2002 | 2,999,511,040.2 | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,081,024,212.43 | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 3,521,339,699.07 | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 3,477,038,204.02 | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 3,789,443,014.62 | -23.2% |
| 1997 | 4,936,615,298.79 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 5,155,311,077.39 | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 4,636,057,476.43 | -15.8% |
| 1994 | 5,502,786,069.65 | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 4,974,550,286.18 | +13.6% |
| 1992 | 4,377,980,510.06 | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 3,787,394,957.98 | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 3,219,729,083.06 | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 3,546,472,565.69 | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 3,656,177,880.71 | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 3,143,851,794.09 | +18.7% |
| 1986 | 2,647,995,602.29 | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 2,423,339,171.5 | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 2,552,662,617.19 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 2,562,351,551.04 | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 2,368,719,683.45 | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 2,498,190,847.4 | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 2,545,808,455.52 | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 2,293,760,510.96 | +17.8% |
| 1978 | 1,947,878,830.62 | +18.7% |
| 1977 | 1,640,746,618.68 | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 1,511,843,235.49 | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 1,356,603,608.1 | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 1,467,417,672.17 | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 1,299,079,410.44 | +51.3% |
| 1972 | 858,761,926.09 | +19.6% |
| 1971 | 717,750,278.11 | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 645,568,215.29 | +17.1% |
| 1969 | 551,263,864.2 | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 485,184,189.63 | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 441,728,182.68 | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 390,992,062.56 | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 344,176,055.07 | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 305,312,048.85 | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 275,968,044.15 | +5.7% |
| 1962 | 261,184,041.79 | +6.7% |
| 1961 | 244,832,039.17 | +6.2% |
| 1960 | 230,496,036.88 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Papua New Guinea’s GDP in 1961?
244,832,039.17 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Papua New Guinea’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +13999.4% in total — about 7.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 32,498,658,653.84; 2024: 30,803,971,189.41; 2023: 30,816,328,065.65; 2022: 31,653,230,962.45; 2021: 26,113,409,477.73. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.