Country profile
Papua New Guinea
Oceania · Capital: Port Moresby · Currency: Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania, with its capital at Port Moresby. It has a GDP of $30.8B (2024), a population of 10.8M (2025), a GDP per capita of $2,912.
- GDP
- $30.8B
- GDP per capita
- $2,912
- Population
- 10.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $5,215
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2024 · #149 of 200
2025 · #91 of 216
2025 · #152 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $30.8B2024 · #110
- GDP per capita
- $2,9122024 · #149
- GDP growth
- 3.89%2024 · #76
- Inflation
- 0.60%2024 · #13
- Unemployment
- 2.57%2025 · #25
- Population
- 10.8M2025 · #91
- GDP (PPP)
- $56.13B2025 · #127
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $5,2152025 · #152
- Gini index
- 41.92009
- Government debt
- 49.2%2026 · #82
People
- Median age
- 21.7 yrs2024 · #189
- Fertility rate
- 3.1 children/woman2024 · #55
- Urbanization
- 15.8%2025 · #215
- Net migration
- −284/yr2025 · #98
- Life expectancy
- 66.3 yrs2024 · #184
- HDI
- 0.5762023 · #160
- Homicide rate
- 9.3 per 100k2010
Money
- Corporate tax
- 30%2024 · #27
Figures
- Internet users
- 18.8%2024 · #174
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.5 t2024 · #161
- Area
- 462,840 km²#56
- Population density
- 23 /km²2025 · #182
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 85 destinations2026 · #107
- Corruption index
- 31/1002024 · #128
- Military spending
- 0.3%2024 · #144
- Renewable energy
- 54.5%2021 · #42
Globenomics Company Index
The largest companies headquartered in Papua New Guinea.
- 1BSP FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITEDMarket cap · 2021 · ~$1.61B
- 2WR Carpenter (PNG)6,000 employees