Papua New Guinea - GDP per Capita 2017
$2,478
+$232 from 2016
Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita was $2,478 in 2017, increased +$232 from $2,316 in 2016. This was the 156th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $170,663 | -1.7% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $170,547 | 3.4% |
| 3rd | Bermuda | $112,339 | 3.3% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $110,193 | 2.1% |
| 5th | Isle of Man | $83,481 | 1.8% |
| 6th | Switzerland | $82,254 | -0.4% |
| 7th | Cayman Islands | $80,054 | 2.9% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | $77,571 | 11.0% |
| 9th | Norway | $76,132 | 7.8% |
| 10th | Iceland | $72,976 | 12.8% |
| 11th | Ireland | $72,161 | 13.0% |
| 12th | Qatar | $63,280 | 9.2% |
| 13th | Singapore | $61,236 | 7.4% |
| 14th | United States | $59,635 | 2.5% |
| 15th | Faroe Islands | $59,387 | 4.4% |
| 16th | Denmark | $57,522 | 5.2% |
| 17th | Channel Islands | $55,806 | -0.3% |
| 18th | Australia | $54,118 | 4.5% |
| 19th | Sweden | $53,210 | 3.7% |
| 20th | Greenland | $50,766 | 5.4% |
| 21st | Netherlands | $49,514 | 5.5% |
| 22nd | Austria | $47,164 | 4.7% |
| 23rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | $46,160 | 6.1% |
| 24th | Finland | $46,085 | 5.9% |
| 25th | Germany | $45,554 | 5.5% |
| 26th | San Marino | $45,192 | 2.0% |
| 27th | Canada | $45,130 | 6.5% |
| 28th | Belgium | $44,035 | 5.1% |
| 29th | United Arab Emirates | $43,734 | 4.6% |
| 30th | New Zealand | $42,950 | 8.9% |
| 31st | Israel | $41,138 | 9.5% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | $40,917 | -0.5% |
| 33rd | Andorra | $40,673 | 2.7% |
| 34th | Japan | $38,834 | -1.5% |
| 35th | France | $38,687 | 4.3% |
| 36th | Guam | $36,779 | 2.4% |
| 37th | Virgin Islands (US) | $35,365 | 0.1% |
| 38th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $34,701 | -7.0% |
| 39th | European Union | $33,395 | 6.2% |
| 40th | Korea | $33,297 | 8.0% |
| 41st | Italy | $32,844 | 4.7% |
| 42nd | New Caledonia | $32,355 | 5.1% |
| 43rd | Bahamas, The | $31,875 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Northern Mariana Islands | $31,226 | 28.9% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | $30,328 | -0.8% |
| 46th | Malta | $30,317 | 13.4% |
| 47th | Turks and Caicos Islands | $30,014 | -4.3% |
| 48th | Kuwait | $29,048 | 8.4% |
| 49th | Aruba | $28,440 | 3.5% |
| 50th | Spain | $28,381 | 6.2% |
| 51st | Brunei Darussalam | $28,024 | 2.6% |
| 52nd | Cyprus | $26,247 | 7.8% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | $24,785 | 4.1% |
| 54th | Saudi Arabia | $23,929 | 7.5% |
| 55th | Slovenia | $23,303 | 8.6% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $22,465 | 9.4% |
| 57th | Portugal | $21,442 | 7.7% |
| 58th | Czechia | $20,913 | 11.6% |
| 59th | Estonia | $20,852 | 11.7% |
| 60th | French Polynesia | $20,827 | 5.8% |
| 61st | Barbados | $20,285 | 8.4% |
| 62nd | Uruguay | $19,185 | 16.2% |
| 63rd | Curaçao | $18,938 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Greece | $18,632 | 4.1% |
| 65th | Oman | $17,820 | 4.7% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | $17,646 | 6.0% |
| 67th | Trinidad and Tobago | $17,566 | 2.4% |
| 68th | Seychelles | $17,480 | 4.5% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | $16,966 | 5.0% |
| 70th | Lithuania | $16,800 | 12.5% |
| 71st | Palau | $16,402 | -4.5% |
| 72nd | Panama | $15,695 | 5.5% |
| 73rd | Latvia | $15,132 | 9.9% |
| 74th | Chile | $14,880 | 8.4% |
| 75th | Hungary | $14,736 | 11.7% |
| 76th | Argentina | $14,533 | 13.8% |
| 77th | Poland | $13,913 | 11.7% |
| 78th | Croatia | $13,902 | 8.5% |
| 79th | Costa Rica | $12,317 | 2.8% |
| 80th | American Samoa | $11,864 | -7.6% |
| 81st | St. Lucia | $11,333 | 6.5% |
| 82nd | Mauritius | $10,987 | 10.2% |
| 83rd | Türkiye | $10,756 | -2.0% |
| 84th | Romania | $10,728 | 14.4% |
| 85th | Russian Federation | $10,659 | 22.7% |
| 86th | Maldives | $10,510 | -15.5% |
| 87th | Brazil | $10,081 | 14.4% |
| 88th | Libya | $9,966 | 27.5% |
| 89th | Malaysia | $9,863 | 3.6% |
| 90th | Grenada | $9,751 | 1.9% |
| 91st | Nauru | $9,657 | 8.2% |
| 92nd | Mexico | $9,649 | 7.2% |
| 93rd | China | $8,980 | 9.2% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | $8,943 | 15.9% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | $8,697 | 14.5% |
| 96th | Cuba | $8,611 | 6.2% |
| 97th | Lebanon | $8,608 | 5.3% |
| 98th | Dominica | $8,225 | 1.7% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $7,988 | 8.1% |
| 100th | Equatorial Guinea | $7,809 | -15.1% |
| 101st | Montenegro | $7,674 | 10.2% |
| 102nd | Dominican Republic | $7,413 | -1.2% |
| 103rd | Botswana | $7,105 | 10.8% |
| 104th | Gabon | $6,922 | -2.3% |
| 105th | Peru | $6,736 | 3.0% |
| 106th | South Africa | $6,618 | 15.7% |
| 107th | Serbia | $6,548 | 9.5% |
| 108th | Colombia | $6,480 | 7.3% |
| 109th | Thailand | $6,413 | 7.0% |
| 110th | Ecuador | $6,233 | 5.5% |
| 111th | Guyana | $6,179 | 6.6% |
| 112th | Paraguay | $6,152 | 5.8% |
| 113th | Belize | $6,072 | -1.3% |
| 114th | Suriname | $6,050 | 5.0% |
| 115th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $6,001 | 0.4% |
| 116th | North Macedonia | $5,955 | 6.2% |
| 117th | Turkmenistan | $5,828 | -5.5% |
| 118th | Fiji | $5,827 | 3.0% |
| 119th | Belarus | $5,786 | 14.8% |
| 120th | Jamaica | $5,605 | 2.2% |
| 121st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5,345 | 9.6% |
| 122nd | Namibia | $5,144 | 15.5% |
| 123rd | Albania | $5,006 | 21.4% |
| 124th | Iraq | $4,759 | 2.2% |
| 125th | Marshall Islands | $4,593 | 10.8% |
| 126th | Algeria | $4,555 | 2.9% |
| 127th | Georgia | $4,419 | 6.7% |
| 128th | Sri Lanka | $4,399 | 6.0% |
| 129th | Tonga | $4,366 | 4.4% |
| 130th | Guatemala | $4,325 | 6.6% |
| 131st | Samoa | $4,308 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Tuvalu | $4,166 | 7.7% |
| 133rd | Azerbaijan | $4,147 | 6.4% |
| 134th | Jordan | $4,066 | 1.4% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $4,048 | 30.1% |
| 136th | El Salvador | $4,020 | 3.0% |
| 137th | Kosovo | $4,009 | 6.6% |
| 138th | Cabo Verde | $3,893 | 3.9% |
| 139th | Armenia | $3,869 | 9.3% |
| 140th | Eswatini | $3,853 | 11.3% |
| 141st | Indonesia | $3,799 | 5.4% |
| 142nd | Mongolia | $3,646 | 2.0% |
| 143rd | West Bank and Gaza | $3,620 | 8.9% |
| 144th | Tunisia | $3,619 | -7.0% |
| 145th | Moldova | $3,453 | 22.2% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | $3,445 | 69.2% |
| 147th | Bhutan | $3,435 | 13.9% |
| 148th | Morocco | $3,297 | 1.9% |
| 149th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $3,279 | 2.2% |
| 150th | Vanuatu | $3,160 | 7.9% |
| 151st | Philippines | $3,038 | -2.2% |
| 152nd | Viet Nam | $2,956 | 8.7% |
| 153rd | Angola | $2,791 | -29.1% |
| 154th | Djibouti | $2,619 | -6.6% |
| 155th | Ukraine | $2,604 | 18.3% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | $2,478 | 10.3% |
| 157th | Lao PDR | $2,432 | 5.4% |
| 158th | Honduras | $2,413 | 3.1% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $2,395 | -38.0% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | $2,212 | 5.0% |
| 161st | Uzbekistan | $2,191 | -19.2% |
| 162nd | Nicaragua | $2,183 | 4.4% |
| 163rd | Solomon Islands | $2,144 | 3.0% |
| 164th | Ghana | $2,012 | 5.2% |
| 165th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,964 | 3.6% |
| 166th | India | $1,950 | 14.2% |
| 167th | Nigeria | $1,876 | -35.7% |
| 168th | Kiribati | $1,853 | 0.4% |
| 169th | Cambodia | $1,826 | 5.2% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | $1,811 | 7.9% |
| 171st | Kenya | $1,667 | -1.3% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | $1,615 | -4.5% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | $1,556 | 7.8% |
| 174th | Pakistan | $1,519 | -3.0% |
| 175th | Cameroon | $1,496 | 3.8% |
| 176th | Zambia | $1,483 | 18.6% |
| 177th | Comoros | $1,424 | 4.9% |
| 178th | Haiti | $1,395 | 10.4% |
| 179th | Senegal | $1,357 | 6.9% |
| 180th | Myanmar | $1,273 | 5.8% |
| 181st | Timor-Leste | $1,266 | -6.1% |
| 182nd | Kyrgyz Republic | $1,221 | 7.9% |
| 183rd | Lesotho | $1,069 | 3.9% |
| 184th | Benin | $1,055 | 4.4% |
| 185th | Nepal | $1,034 | 17.9% |
| 186th | Tanzania | $987 | 2.1% |
| 187th | Sudan | $967 | -41.0% |
| 188th | Mali | $924 | 26.5% |
| 189th | Chad | $854 | -4.8% |
| 190th | Syrian Arab Republic | $852 | 29.7% |
| 191st | Guinea | $834 | 22.6% |
| 192nd | Tajikistan | $829 | 3.6% |
| 193rd | Yemen, Republic of | $811 | -16.8% |
| 194th | Togo | $793 | 2.6% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | $783 | 4.7% |
| 196th | Sierra Leone | $779 | -7.0% |
| 197th | Uganda | $765 | -7.5% |
| 198th | Rwanda | $758 | 0.6% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | $709 | 6.9% |
| 200th | Liberia | $699 | -1.5% |
| 201st | Gambia, The | $643 | -6.1% |
| 202nd | Eritrea | $558 | -14.9% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | $525 | 1.0% |
| 204th | Niger | $522 | 4.8% |
| 205th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $511 | -8.5% |
| 206th | Malawi | $496 | 19.5% |
| 207th | Madagascar | $492 | 0.5% |
| 208th | Mozambique | $471 | 8.6% |
| 209th | Central African Republic | $432 | 1.2% |
| 210th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $431 | -9.7% |
| 211th | Burundi | $246 | -6.6% |
| 212th | South Sudan | $95 | -47.7% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita in 2017?▾
Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita in 2017 was $2,478. This ranked 156th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita change in 2017?▾
Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita increased by 10.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2017?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2017 at $170,663.
What is the gdp per capita of Papua New Guinea in 2017?▾
The gdp per capita of Papua New Guinea in 2017 was $2,478. This ranked 156th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita?▾
Papua New Guinea's gdp per capita went from $2,316 in 2016 to $2,478 in 2017, a 10.3% increase.
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