Industry share of GDP in Papua New Guinea

Industry, including construction, produced 36.5% of GDP in Papua New Guinea in 2024.

Measure: Industry, including construction, as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2024 36.5% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 36.3%
World, 2024 25.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 23rd of 189 See the full ranking

Industry share of GDP in Papua New Guinea over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Industry, including construction, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Papua New GuineaWorld
2025 – 25.0%
2024 36.5% 25.4%
2023 36.3% 26.2%
2022 40.3% 27.2%
2021 34.0% 27.0%
2020 33.0% 25.9%
2019 36.7% 26.6%
2018 36.9% 27.2%
2017 36.4% 26.7%
2016 34.7% 26.2%
2015 34.8% 26.8%
2014 32.8% 27.7%
2013 26.5% 27.9%
2012 27.6% 28.2%
2011 31.3% 28.2%
2010 33.2% 27.6%
2009 29.8% 26.6%
2008 34.4% 28.2%
2007 34.5% 27.8%
2006 35.4% 27.7%
2005 – 27.2%
2004 37.0% 26.8%
2003 35.3% 26.4%
2002 34.9% 26.4%
2001 38.5% 26.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 36.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.8%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 189 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 23rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 25.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.IND.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Papua New Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices