Papua New Guinea: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Papua New Guinea — 259 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
0.73
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.03
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
3.84
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
462,122.30
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
3.83
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
17,722.60
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
462,840.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
415.40
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.01
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
47.45
Economy (32)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2004
-1.23
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.32
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
7.51
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
6.90
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
9.37
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
9.15
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2023
16.96
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
1.96
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
27.13B
GDP (current US$)
2024
31.80B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
3.80
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
2,564.74
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
3,006.71
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
1.97
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
4,288.53
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
4,874.69
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
45.36B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
51.56B
GNI (current US$)
2024
29.89B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
2,900.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
4,580.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
30.66B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
48.47B
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2023
36.29
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
6.70
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
0.60
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
14.41
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
9.14
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
1.88
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2023
42.03
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
27.39
Education (7)
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
0.78
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2022
87.00
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
4.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2023
121.09
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
52.09
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (9)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
10.50
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
5.80
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
33.40
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
20.50
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
13.40
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
65.20
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
4.67
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
133.79M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
39.96
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
38.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
154.32
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
5.47
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.52
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.61
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.48
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.65
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.13
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.38
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.22
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-12.84
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.20
Fish species, threatened
2022
132.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
51.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
138.76
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
3.71
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.45
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.47
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.92
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.86
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
33.45
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.55
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.29
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.10
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
17.31
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
641.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
22.94
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
7.56
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.79
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
0.70
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
3.70
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
120.88
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
10.76
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.02
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
4.77
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
53.52
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
58.59
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
5.49
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
53.09
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
982.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
24.29
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
41.06
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
7.06
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
47.61
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
4.27
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
2.87
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
6.55
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
14.10
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
3.07
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2023
0.62
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
42.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
42.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
44.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
0.30
International migrant stock, total
2024
31,171.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
69.21
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
63.84
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
66.26
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.56
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
178.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
189.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
12.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
28.50
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
28.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
28.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
189.60
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
167.70
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
212.50
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.44
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.06
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.80
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
24.90
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
175.17
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
266.08
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
31.30
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
28.50
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
33.90
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
20.10
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
39.40
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
36.00
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
42.50
Net migration
2025
-284.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
743.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
1,303.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
1,520.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
1,027.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
7,969.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
480.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
5,153.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
10,037.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
15.64
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
53.30
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
23.57
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2023
0.06
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
33.48
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
1.70M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
33.17
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
1.84M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
33.77
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
3.54M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
63.06
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
3.26M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
63.36
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
3.41M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
62.77
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
6.67M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
3.46
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
178,173.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.47
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
188,262.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
3.46
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
366,435.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
1.78
Population, female
2024
5.14M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
48.57
Population, male
2024
5.44M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
51.43
Population, total
2024
10.58M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
46.70
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
28.60
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
30.90
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
28.80
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.30
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
6.20
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
4.30
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
7.80
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
2.70
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
504.00
Rural population
2024
8.95M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
84.59
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
1.37
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.08
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
1.82
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
1.40
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
2.21
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
72.22
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
59.77
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
1.13
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.38
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
1.84
UHC service coverage index
2023
32.00
Urban population
2024
1.63M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
15.41
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
4.07
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
36.86
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
38.92
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
34.97
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
50.82
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
53.26
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
2.57
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Public Sector (2)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
-0.62
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
-198.32M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2023
10.25
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
13.40B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
10.86B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.03
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
69.25
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
29.84
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.88
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.91
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
29.84
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
4.69B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
6.32B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.05
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
58.93
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
39.25
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.11
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.08
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.39
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.23
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.82
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
39.25
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
56.86
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
2.42
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
83.67M
Real interest rate (%)
2024
1.49
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.