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Papua New Guinea — statistics

All indicators in the section for Papua New Guinea — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

325 indicators Region: East Asia & Pacific Subregion: Melanesia Income group: Lower middle income ISO: PNG
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 10.76M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 66.3 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.07 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 24.3 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.6 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.75 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 15.8 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.7M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 84.2 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 22.9 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.6 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 33.1 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 58.1 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -284 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 48.62 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 5.53M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 5.23M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 3.57M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 6.81M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 386,177 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 63.84 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 69.21 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 53.5 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 36.7 2018 UN DESA
Rural population people 9.06M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 664 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.5 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 120,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 1.4 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 3,400 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 70,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 12,000 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 3,315 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 24.61 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 28.5 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 31.3 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 39.4 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 189 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 1.8 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 47.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 41.1 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.1 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 12.6 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 1,483 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 189.6 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 24.9 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.44 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 57.5 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 266.1 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 175.2 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 32.5B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 3,020 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 5.64 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 56.13B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 5,215 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 2,890 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 4.42 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 6.87 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 36.5 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 1.6 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 17 2024 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 42 2024 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 51.4 2004 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 15.3 2004 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 20 2004 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 42.8 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 3.1 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 4,624 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 4.5 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 28.68B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 2,665 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 3.81 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.024 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 30.16B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 11.25B 2024 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 507M 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 5.24B 2024 World Bank
Services value added US$ 12.93B 2024 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 2.02B 2004 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 601M 2004 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 785M 2004 World Bank
Gross national savings % 30.4 2004 World Bank
Consumer price index index 193.24 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 4.5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,950 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 52.09B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 2.387 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 34.4 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 15.54 2024 World Bank
Government revenue % 16.55 2024 World Bank
Government expense % 20.32 2023 World Bank
Budget balance % 0.2 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 12.85B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 18,720 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 4,787 2023 FAO
Food production index index 100.6 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 107.7 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 3.1 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 0.73 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.0318 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 123.7 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 14,050 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 330,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 3,910 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 99 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 78.95 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 357,552 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 0.7 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 0.05 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 14.1 2023 WHO
Land area km² 452,860 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 462,840 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 801 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 78,505 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 22.3 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 7.56 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 54.6 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.112 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 10.6 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.492 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 11.41 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 31.5 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Cobalt production t 2,800 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 1.55M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 34,416 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 7.1 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 200,000 2022 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.7 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 18.81 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 38.8 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.23 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 1.69 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 88 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 0.26 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 196,376 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 4.1M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 24,600 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.576 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.926 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.584 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 31 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.43 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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