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GDP growth in Papua New Guinea

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Papua New Guinea's gdp growth is 5.64 % — #18 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

5.64%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Papua New Guinea over time

13.54 %5.19 %-3.17 %13.54 % · 2014-3.17 % · 20202000: -2.49 %2001: -0.12 %2002: -0.16 %2003: 2.16 %2004: 2.72 %2005: 6.34 %2006: 5.41 %2007: 7.82 %2008: -0.30 %2009: 6.80 %2010: 10.13 %2011: 1.11 %2012: 4.66 %2013: 3.82 %2014: 13.54 %2015: 6.58 %2016: 5.49 %2017: 3.53 %2018: -0.28 %2019: 4.48 %2020: -3.17 %2021: -0.51 %2022: 5.71 %2023: 3.81 %2024: 3.89 %2025: 5.64 %2000201220255.64 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#18 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
86 %
109 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.75 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.91 pp
peak 13.54 % in 2014
Full series
▲ 8.13 pp
since 2000

vs median 2.90 %: +2.74 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Papua New Guinea: ahead of 86 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthPapua New Guinea 5.64 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Papua New Guinea is ahead of 86 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Papua New Guinea
16 Ghana5.95 %+0.32 pp
17 Tanzania5.85 %+0.21 pp
18 Papua New Guinea5.64 %—
19 Cambodia5.35 %−0.29 pp
20 Malaysia5.17 %−0.47 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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