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Government debt in Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea's government debt is 52.10 % — #58 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

52.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Papua New Guinea over time

53.90 %35.10 %16.30 %53.90 % · 202316.30 % · 20111994: 40.10 %1995: 36.60 %1996: 37.80 %1997: 43.90 %1998: 45.70 %1999: 41.80 %2000: 42.30 %2001: 47.70 %2002: 48.40 %2003: 40.40 %2004: 37.20 %2005: 31.60 %2006: 26.00 %2007: 22.20 %2008: 21.60 %2009: 21.70 %2010: 17.30 %2011: 16.30 %2012: 19.10 %2013: 24.90 %2014: 26.90 %2015: 29.90 %2016: 33.70 %2017: 32.50 %2018: 36.70 %2019: 38.20 %2020: 48.70 %2021: 52.60 %2022: 48.20 %2023: 53.90 %2024: 53.30 %2025: 52.10 %19942009202552.10 %
32 official observations, 1994 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#58 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
53 %
66 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.80 pp
peak 53.90 % in 2023
Full series
▲ 12.00 pp
since 1994

vs median 54.55 %: −2.45 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Papua New Guinea: ahead of 53 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtPapua New Guinea 52.10 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Papua New Guinea is ahead of 53 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Papua New Guinea
56 Angola51.30 %−0.80 pp
57 Myanmar51.90 %−0.20 pp
58 Papua New Guinea52.10 %—
59 South Korea52.30 %+0.20 pp
60 Iraq53.90 %+1.80 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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