Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea, is a country located at Melanesia, it has an area of 462,840 Km2.

Papua New Guinea, with a population of 11,782,000 people, it is ranked at 81º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 25 people per km2.

It's capital is Port Moresby and its currency is Kinas

Papua New Guinea is holding the 102 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 14,471 millions of euros (15,250 millions of dollars), ( 48.75% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,228 euros per inhabitant$1,294 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Papua New Guinea, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.558 points in 2021, leaving it in 157th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Papua New Guinea are business, you must know it's in the 120th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Papua New Guinea, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Port Moresby: Monthly Temp.
Port Moresby: Monthly Rainfall
Papua New Guinea Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€30,013M
Annual GDP [+]2022$31,604M
GDP per capita [+]2022€2,547
GDP per capita [+]2022$2,682
Debt (M.€.) [+]202214,471
Debt ($M) [+]202215,250
Debt (%GDP) [+]202248.75%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,228
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$1,294
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-1,578
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-1,663
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-5.31%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20226,574.9
Expenditure ($M) [+]20226,929.1
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2018382.6
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2018452.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20189.23%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017375.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017423.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20179.15%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202299.9
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022105.2
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20221.55%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202222.15%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€558
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$588
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€45
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$54
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€41
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$46
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€8
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$9
Moody's Rating [+]11/10/2022B2
S&P Rating [+]06/03/2021B-
Fitch Rating [+]03/13/2008B+
Corruption Index [+]202230
Fragile States Index [+]201884.8
Labour
NMW [+]2022$2,554.4
NMW [+]2022€2,893.5
Markets
Euro / Kinas [+]03/12/20240.2441
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/12/20240.2656
Money Market
Key rates [+]02/01/20242.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020120º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202112.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200610.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202042.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019160,000
Exports [+]2021€9,274.3M
Exports [+]2021$10,968.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202141.25%
Imports [+]2021€2,562.4M
Imports [+]2021$3,030.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202111.40%
Trade balance [+]2021€6,711.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$7,938.1M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202129.85%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202125
Global Peace Ranking [+]202397º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20172.9
% Immigrant [+]20200.35%
% Emigrant [+]20200.05%
Birth Rate [+]202125.51‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201753.5
Crude death rate [+]20216.68‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.22
% risk of poverty [+]200939.9%
Population [+]202111,782,000
Immigrant stock [+]202031,068
Emigrant stock [+]20204,810
HDI [+]20210.558
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2021135º
Life expectancy [+]202165.35
Suicides [+]2015787
Suicide rate [+]20159.94
Number of homicides [+]2010713
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20109.40
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.74
Annual crude oil production [+]202234
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021159.7
Consumption GWh [+]20214,563
Generation GWh [+]20214,860
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024670
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202446,864
Fully vaccinated [+]05/01/2023321,192
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/202456.87
Doses administered [+]05/01/2023737,695