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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's deposit rate is 0.26 %, ranked 66th of 70. And its savings vs inflation is -4.16 %, ranked 63rd of 69.
Of 16 fields published for Papua New Guinea, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
58 % of US prices
Money's value
27.40 %
100 saved in Papua New Guinea in 2000 buys what 27 buys today — 73 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$268 PPP/mo
The law in Papua New Guinea sets the floor at about $268 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-4.16 %
A bank account in Papua New Guinea loses about 4.2 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
0.26 %
Inflation rate
4.42 %
At 4.4 % a year, prices double in about 16 years if it holds.
Corporate tax
30.00 %
ranked 83rd of 96
Bank spread
8.03 %
ranked 52nd of 62
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 14th of 71
Where Papua New Guinea sits, field by field
Each dot is Papua New Guinea’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Deposit rate0.26 %66 of 70
- Savings vs inflation-4.16 %63 of 69
- Unemployment rate2.57 %14 of 124
- GDP growth5.64 %18 of 127
- GDP per capita$3,020110 of 127
- Corporate tax30.00 %83 of 96
- Bank spread8.03 %52 of 62
- Currency0.00 %14 of 71
- Minimum wage$268 PPP/mo69 of 85
- Debt per person$1,57329 of 123
- Price level58 % of US prices84 of 125
- Money's value27.40 %75 of 116
- Lending rate8.29 %28 of 67
- Inflation rate4.42 %73 of 123
- Public holidays11 days58 of 104
- Government debt52.10 %58 of 124
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Tanzania
avg gap 14.2 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 58 % of US prices (Papua New Guinea) vs 28 % of US prices
Ghana
avg gap 16.9 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: deposit rate — 0.26 % (Papua New Guinea) vs 10.50 %
Kyrgyzstan
avg gap 18 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 58 % of US prices (Papua New Guinea) vs 31 % of US prices
Cambodia
avg gap 19.7 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 11 days (Papua New Guinea) vs 21 days
| Minimum wage | $268 PPP/mo | ranked 69th of 85 | |
| Debt per person | $1,573 | ranked 29th of 123 | |
| Price level | 58 % of US prices | ranked 84th of 125 | |
| Money's value | 27.40 % | ranked 75th of 116 | |
| Lending rate | 8.29 % | ranked 28th of 67 | |
| Inflation rate | 4.42 % | ranked 73rd of 123 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 | |
| Government debt | 52.10 % | ranked 58th of 124 |
✓ 16 fields published for Papua New Guinea, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Papua New Guinea: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 1570 → 1573 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 52.0067408156387 → 52.1 |