Papua New Guinea Current Account Balance

Papua New Guinea current account balance data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value.
COUNTRY: Papua New Guinea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-09-14 05:10:53
Economy Data Rating
Papua New Guinea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
56 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 12.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.3 / 20
External stability 4 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 4 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.9 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 72% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1976–2024 1976– 2024
1976 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Papua New Guinea · current account balance as a percentage of gdp.

1976–2024
15.48 percent of GDP
9.07 percent of GDP
13.46 percent of GDP
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1976 1985 1994 2003 2012 2021 2024
current account balance rate reference line

Countries by current account balance

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Tuvalu 40.03
Macao 33.73
Kuwait 22.7
Marshall Islands 21.87
Brunei 18.01
Ireland 17.4
Tajikistan 17.1
Singapore 16.71

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Australia -2.68
New Zealand -3.62
Fiji -7.78
China 3.77

Related indicators

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Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Foreign Reserves FI.RES.TOTL.CD

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

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Papua New Guinea Snapshot

country profile
GDP 32.5 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 4.42%
Unemployment 2.57%
Currency n/a
Region Oceania
Income group Lower middle income

Papua New Guinea Current Account Balance: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Current Account Balance for Papua New Guinea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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