GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Papua New Guinea

GDP per capita growth in Papua New Guinea in 2025 — 3.81%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.28 pp.

2025 3.81% +1.76 pp vs 2024
World rank 49of 186
Period maximum 13.98%1993
Period minimum -7.27%1997

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Papua New Guinea, 1961–2025-100102019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 3.53%1963: 1.77%1965: 7.93%1967: 1.77%1969: 5.79%1971: 3.78%1973: 4.07%1975: -3.07%1977: -1.33%1979: -0.28%1981: -2.32%1983: 1.08%1985: 1.8%1987: 0.57%1989: -3.61%1991: 6.13%1993: 13.98%1995: -6.73%1997: -7.27%1999: -1.63%2001: -3.46%2003: -1.17%2005: 2.96%2007: 4.48%2009: 3.58%2011: -1.8%2013: 1.06%2015: 3.9%2017: 1.09%2019: 2.15%2021: -2.47%2023: 1.95%2025: 3.81%
Change over the period: +0.28 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 3.81%
World 1.99%
Melanesia computed 3.44%
GDP per capita growth — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.81 +1.76 pp
2024 2.05 +0.11 pp
2023 1.95 −1.79 pp
2022 3.74 +6.21 pp
2021 -2.47 +2.74 pp
2020 -5.21 −7.36 pp
2019 2.15 +4.72 pp
2018 -2.57 −3.66 pp
2017 1.09 −1.83 pp
2016 2.92 −0.98 pp
2015 3.9 −6.7 pp
2014 10.6 +9.55 pp
2013 1.06 −0.72 pp
2012 1.78 +3.58 pp
2011 -1.8 −8.65 pp
2010 6.85 +3.27 pp
2009 3.58 +6.92 pp
2008 -3.35 −7.82 pp
2007 4.48 +2.38 pp
2006 2.1 −0.86 pp
2005 2.96 +3.55 pp
2004 -0.59 +0.58 pp
2003 -1.17 +2.28 pp
2002 -3.45 +0 pp
2001 -3.46 +2.34 pp
2000 -5.8 −4.17 pp
1999 -1.63 +5.47 pp
1998 -7.09 +0.17 pp
1997 -7.27 −11.22 pp
1996 3.95 +10.68 pp
1995 -6.73 −8.9 pp
1994 2.17 −11.81 pp
1993 13.98 +4.09 pp
1992 9.89 +3.76 pp
1991 6.13 +11.64 pp
1990 -5.51 −1.91 pp
1989 -3.61 −4.32 pp
1988 0.71 +0.14 pp
1987 0.57 −1.89 pp
1986 2.46 +0.66 pp
1985 1.8 +4.24 pp
1984 -2.45 −3.52 pp
1983 1.08 +2.79 pp
1982 -1.72 +0.6 pp
1981 -2.32 +1.99 pp
1980 -4.31 −4.03 pp
1979 -0.28 −6.54 pp
1978 6.26 +7.58 pp
1977 -1.33 +4.16 pp
1976 -5.49 −2.42 pp
1975 -3.07 −3.37 pp
1974 0.3 −3.77 pp
1973 4.07 +0.92 pp
1972 3.15 −0.63 pp
1971 3.78 −4.47 pp
1970 8.25 +2.46 pp
1969 5.79 +3.76 pp
1968 2.03 +0.27 pp
1967 1.77 −1.74 pp
1966 3.5 −4.42 pp
1965 7.93 +1.69 pp
1964 6.24 +4.47 pp
1963 1.77 −2.18 pp
1962 3.95 +0.41 pp
1961 3.53

Melanesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.