Papua New Guinea

Population estimates and projections 10,389,635 people 2023 · UN Population Division Median age estimates and projections 22.3 years 2023 · UN Population Division Fertility rate estimates and projections 3.10 births per woman 2023 · UN Population Division Population growth estimates and projections 1.80% 2023 · UN Population Division Population 10,762,817 people 2025 · World Bank Population growth 1.75% 2025 · World Bank Population aged 65 and over 3.6% 2025 · World Bank Population aged 0 to 14 33.1% 2025 · World Bank Fertility rate 3.07 births per woman 2024 · World Bank Crude birth rate 24.3 per 1,000 people 2024 · World Bank Crude death rate 6.6 per 1,000 people 2024 · World Bank Urban population share 15.8% 2025 · World Bank Adolescent birth rate 53.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 2024 · World Bank Age dependency ratio 58.1 per 100 working-age people 2025 · World Bank Population density 23.4 people per km² 2024 · World Bank Urban population growth 4.14% 2025 · World Bank

Net migration estimates and projections -0.1 per 1,000 people 2023 · UN Population Division Net migration -284 people 2025 · World Bank International migrant stock 0.3% 2024 · World Bank Personal remittances received 0.0% 2024 · World Bank

ILO estimate of the unemployment rate 2.6% 2025 · ILOSTAT ILO estimate of youth unemployment 3.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT Labour force participation 52.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Women's labour force participation 50.8% 2025 · ILOSTAT Employment-to-population ratio 50.7% 2025 · ILOSTAT Employment in agriculture 36.9% 2025 · World Bank Employment in industry 7.9% 2025 · World Bank Employment in services 55.3% 2025 · World Bank

GDP in US dollars US$32.5 billion 2025 · World Bank GDP per capita in US dollars US$3,020 per person 2025 · World Bank GDP per capita, PPP Int$4,456 per person 2025 · World Bank GNI per capita, Atlas method US$2,890 per person 2025 · World Bank Real GDP growth 5.6% 2025 · World Bank Services share of GDP 42.0% 2024 · World Bank Investment share of GDP 20.0% 2004 · World Bank Savings share of GDP 30.4% 2004 · World Bank

Consumer price inflation 4.4% 2025 · World Bank Consumer price index 193.2 (2010 = 100) 2025 · World Bank Inflation measured by the GDP deflator 6.9% 2025 · World Bank Exchange rate to the US dollar 4.123 per US$ 2025 · World Bank

Slum population 22.3% 2022 · World Bank

ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 27.7% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 67.6% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 47.6% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 20.3% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 4.0% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 31.3% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 61.9% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Primary net enrolment 96.0% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Youth literacy 91.9% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Education share of public spending 3.5% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Education spending 0.8% 2023 · World Bank Primary school enrolment (gross) 121.1% 2023 · World Bank Tertiary education enrolment (gross) 1.9% 1999 · World Bank Adult literacy rate 87.0% 2022 · World Bank Primary school completion rate 82.7% 2023 · World Bank Secondary school enrolment (gross) 52.1% 2023 · World Bank

Life expectancy estimates and projections 66.1 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 12.8 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 59.0 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 32 2023 · WHO Alcohol consumption 0.64 litres 2024 · WHO Adult obesity 28.0% 2024 · WHO Hypertension 27.8% 2019 · WHO Suicide rate 2.9 per 100,000 people 2023 · WHO Premature NCD mortality 21.8% 2023 · WHO Physical inactivity 11.3% 2022 · WHO DTP3 immunisation 43% 2025 · WHO Anaemia in women 28.8% 2023 · WHO Poisoning deaths 0.4 per 100,000 people 2023 · WHO Nurses and midwives 8.1 per 10,000 people 2024 · WHO Dentists 0.06 per 10,000 people 2024 · WHO Life expectancy at birth 66.3 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 69.2 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 63.8 years 2024 · World Bank Health spending share of GDP 2.9% 2023 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 39.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Infant mortality rate 31.3 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 189 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank Physicians 0.06 per 1,000 people 2023 · World Bank Hospital beds 0.6 per 1,000 people 2023 · World Bank Measles immunisation 44% 2024 · World Bank Tobacco use 39.3% 2024 · World Bank Out-of-pocket health spending 8.6% 2023 · World Bank Health spending per person US$85 per person 2023 · World Bank Diabetes prevalence 14.1% 2024 · World Bank Neonatal mortality rate 20.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Child stunting 49.5% 2010 · World Bank Malaria incidence 151.8 per 1,000 at risk 2024 · World Bank Tuberculosis incidence 664 per 100,000 people 2024 · World Bank HIV incidence 1.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 2024 · World Bank

Internet users 18.8% 2024 · World Bank Mobile subscriptions 39 per 100 people 2024 · World Bank Fixed broadband subscriptions 0.2 per 100 people 2024 · World Bank

Industry share of GDP 36.5% 2024 · World Bank New businesses registered 4,109 companies 2020 · World Bank Medium and high-tech manufacturing 12.6% 2024 · World Bank Manufacturing share of GDP 1.6% 2024 · World Bank

Exports share of GDP 72.2% 2004 · World Bank Imports share of GDP 58.9% 2004 · World Bank Trade as a share of GDP 131.1% 2004 · World Bank Foreign direct investment inflows -3.6% 2025 · World Bank Current account balance 15.5% 2024 · World Bank High-technology exports 10.2% 2023 · World Bank

Road traffic deaths 12.6 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank Air passengers carried 1,547,502 passengers 2023 · World Bank

Access to electricity 43.3% 2024 · World Bank Clean cooking access 12.0% 2024 · World Bank Renewable energy share 54.6% 2022 · World Bank Fossil electricity share 60.0% 2021 · World Bank

Temperature change 0.83e (Estimate) °C 2025 · FAOSTAT Agrifood emissions per person 3.00e (Estimate) t CO2e per person 2024 · FAOSTAT Total greenhouse gas emissions 10.8 Mt CO2e 2024 · World Bank Greenhouse gas emissions per person 1.0 t CO2e per person 2024 · World Bank CO2 emissions per person 0.52 t CO2 per person 2024 · World Bank Methane emissions 3.7 Mt CO2e 2024 · World Bank Nitrous oxide emissions 1.55 Mt CO2e 2024 · World Bank

PM2.5 air pollution 6.2 µg/m³ 2023 · WHO Forest area 75.2% 2024 · World Bank Protected areas 0.7% 2025 · World Bank PM2.5 air pollution exposure 14.1 µg/m³ 2023 · World Bank Terrestrial protected areas 3.7% 2025 · World Bank

Basic drinking water access 53.3% 2024 · World Bank Basic sanitation access 23.6% 2024 · World Bank Level of water stress 0.1% 2022 · World Bank Renewable internal freshwater per person 78,505 m³ per person 2022 · World Bank Safely managed sanitation 16.7% 2024 · World Bank

Pesticide use 0.98e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 26.2e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 17.0% 2024 · World Bank Cereal yield 4,787 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 3.1% 2024 · World Bank Capture fisheries production 342,808 tonnes 2024 · World Bank Prevalence of undernourishment 30.5% 2024 · World Bank Food production index 102.3 (2014-16 = 100) 2024 · World Bank Fertiliser use 164.2 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Land area 452,860 km² 2024 · World Bank

Gini index 41.9 (0 to 100) 2009 · World Bank Income share held by the richest 10% 31.0% 2009 · World Bank Extreme poverty rate 52.2% 2009 · World Bank Poverty rate at national poverty lines 39.9% 2009 · World Bank Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 69.4% 2009 · World Bank Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 92.1% 2009 · World Bank

Tax revenue 15.5% 2024 · World Bank Central government expense 20.3% 2023 · World Bank

R&D spending share of GDP 0.03% 2016 · World Bank Researchers per million people 33 per million people 2016 · World Bank Scientific and technical journal articles 70 articles 2023 · World Bank

Intentional homicides 9.3 per 100,000 people 2010 · World Bank

Women in national parliament 2.7% 2025 · World Bank