Current account balance in Papua New Guinea
The current account balance of Papua New Guinea was 15.5% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.
Papua New Guinea, 2024
15.5%
Change from 2023
+6.4percentage points
Position in 2024
10th of 168
Current account balance in Papua New Guinea over time
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Papua New Guinea
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.5% |
| 2023 | 9.1% |
| 2022 | 14.4% |
| 2021 | 12.6% |
| 2020 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 14.4% |
| 2018 | 13.6% |
| 2017 | 15.9% |
| 2016 | 13.6% |
| 2015 | 11.2% |
| 2014 | 12.1% |
| 2013 | -16.2% |
| 2012 | -10.8% |
| 2011 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 6.8% |
| 2007 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 5.3% |
| 2005 | 13.4% |
| 2004 | 4.8% |
| 2003 | 4.0% |
| 2002 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 9.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +6.4 percentage points from 9.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.1%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
- Among the 168 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 10th highest value.