Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Papua New Guinea
39.9% of people in Papua New Guinea lived below the national poverty line in 2009.
The latest value for Papua New Guinea is for 2009. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Papua New Guinea, 2009
39.9%
Change from 1996
+2.4percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Papua New Guinea over time
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Papua New Guinea
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 39.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 37.5% in 1996, a change of +2.4 percentage points.