Papua New Guinea - Unemployment Rate 1994
2.42%
+0.04pp from 1993
Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate was 2.42% in 1994, increased +0.04pp from 2.38% in 1993. This was the 23rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1994▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | 0.60% | -87.3% |
| 2nd | Kuwait | 0.70% | -12.5% |
| 3rd | Chad | 0.71% | 1.3% |
| 4th | Myanmar | 0.74% | -5.1% |
| 5th | Maldives | 0.79% | -0.4% |
| 6th | Qatar | 0.87% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 1.00% | 35.9% |
| 8th | Bahrain | 1.01% | 14.2% |
| 9th | Thailand | 1.35% | -48.2% |
| 10th | Bhutan | 1.41% | -0.9% |
| 11th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.41% | 12.1% |
| 12th | Benin | 1.45% | -2.7% |
| 13th | Niger | 1.50% | -2.5% |
| 14th | Mali | 1.51% | 6.6% |
| 15th | Tonga | 1.69% | 29.8% |
| 16th | Solomon Islands | 1.80% | -1.4% |
| 17th | United Arab Emirates | 1.83% | -3.5% |
| 18th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.90% | -3.6% |
| 19th | Viet Nam | 1.97% | -81.4% |
| 20th | Ukraine | 2.00% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Guatemala | 2.12% | -0.6% |
| 22nd | Bangladesh | 2.37% | 2.6% |
| 23rd | Papua New Guinea | 2.42% | 1.5% |
| 24th | Korea | 2.48% | -14.6% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 2.48% | 20.6% |
| 26th | Burkina Faso | 2.58% | 6.3% |
| 27th | Lao PDR | 2.63% | -3.6% |
| 28th | Liberia | 2.65% | -2.0% |
| 29th | Cyprus | 2.70% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Mozambique | 2.88% | -0.6% |
| 31st | Japan | 2.89% | 15.6% |
| 32nd | China | 2.90% | 7.8% |
| 33rd | Senegal | 2.95% | 2.4% |
| 34th | Kenya | 2.96% | -0.8% |
| 35th | Samoa | 3.00% | 11.5% |
| 36th | Singapore | 3.03% | 78.2% |
| 37th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.08% | 1.0% |
| 38th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.09% | 3.8% |
| 39th | Burundi | 3.11% | 0.4% |
| 40th | Honduras | 3.14% | -0.6% |
| 41st | Tajikistan | 3.15% | 18.9% |
| 42nd | Guinea-Bissau | 3.17% | 1.0% |
| 43rd | Timor-Leste | 3.31% | 1.1% |
| 44th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.40% | -1.4% |
| 45th | Uganda | 3.46% | -0.8% |
| 46th | Luxembourg | 3.48% | 65.3% |
| 47th | Austria | 3.54% | -10.7% |
| 48th | Switzerland | 3.58% | -20.5% |
| 49th | Malaysia | 3.64% | 20.3% |
| 50th | Philippines | 3.77% | -59.4% |
| 51st | Tanzania | 3.86% | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Costa Rica | 4.05% | -1.2% |
| 53rd | Nigeria | 4.06% | 1.0% |
| 54th | Oman | 4.07% | 1.6% |
| 55th | Togo | 4.20% | -6.8% |
| 56th | Czechia | 4.28% | -1.5% |
| 57th | Indonesia | 4.37% | 54.3% |
| 58th | Ecuador | 4.41% | -46.9% |
| 59th | Paraguay | 4.41% | -13.5% |
| 60th | Mexico | 4.44% | 29.3% |
| 61st | Sierra Leone | 4.46% | 1.3% |
| 62nd | Peru | 4.49% | -54.6% |
| 63rd | Guinea | 4.53% | -0.7% |
| 64th | Comoros | 4.57% | -0.1% |
| 65th | Fiji | 4.60% | -39.0% |
| 66th | Turkmenistan | 4.70% | 213.3% |
| 67th | Zimbabwe | 4.96% | -0.7% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.01% | 2.1% |
| 69th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.05% | -14.0% |
| 70th | Iceland | 5.33% | -7.6% |
| 71st | Norway | 5.35% | -10.1% |
| 72nd | Malawi | 5.37% | 7.6% |
| 73rd | Eritrea | 5.45% | 1.1% |
| 74th | Mongolia | 5.71% | -2.6% |
| 75th | Moldova | 5.80% | 100.1% |
| 76th | Chile | 5.87% | -9.7% |
| 77th | Ghana | 5.90% | 12.8% |
| 78th | Central African Republic | 5.92% | 0.5% |
| 79th | Madagascar | 6.11% | -3.3% |
| 80th | United States | 6.12% | -11.4% |
| 81st | Dominican Republic | 6.29% | -32.7% |
| 82nd | Azerbaijan | 6.30% | 40.0% |
| 83rd | Malta | 6.33% | 17.2% |
| 84th | Jamaica | 6.34% | -61.1% |
| 85th | Panama | 6.43% | -51.5% |
| 86th | Aruba | 6.43% | 6.8% |
| 87th | Brazil | 6.58% | 9.1% |
| 88th | Armenia | 6.60% | 24.5% |
| 89th | Portugal | 6.71% | 30.9% |
| 90th | Saudi Arabia | 6.73% | -3.8% |
| 91st | Equatorial Guinea | 7.12% | 1.4% |
| 92nd | Netherlands | 7.16% | 29.5% |
| 93rd | Channel Islands | 7.24% | 2.2% |
| 94th | Uzbekistan | 7.30% | 49.0% |
| 95th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.50% | 1.4% |
| 96th | Kazakhstan | 7.54% | 579.3% |
| 97th | Estonia | 7.56% | 15.9% |
| 98th | India | 7.59% | -0.9% |
| 99th | Guam | 7.60% | 37.5% |
| 100th | Nicaragua | 7.67% | -48.9% |
| 101st | El Salvador | 7.68% | -23.5% |
| 102nd | Haiti | 7.86% | 4.3% |
| 103rd | Afghanistan | 7.88% | -0.3% |
| 104th | Denmark | 8.04% | -15.7% |
| 105th | Vanuatu | 8.08% | -2.2% |
| 106th | Russian Federation | 8.13% | 37.8% |
| 107th | Romania | 8.17% | -11.3% |
| 108th | Iraq | 8.22% | -1.7% |
| 109th | Slovenia | 8.24% | -4.1% |
| 110th | Colombia | 8.25% | 63.8% |
| 111th | Lebanon | 8.32% | 0.7% |
| 112th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.34% | 0.0% |
| 113th | New Zealand | 8.35% | -14.8% |
| 114th | Georgia | 8.40% | 55.6% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 8.58% | 2.5% |
| 116th | Germany | 8.73% | 12.2% |
| 117th | Cuba | 8.81% | -5.0% |
| 118th | Cameroon | 8.88% | -3.0% |
| 119th | Uruguay | 9.04% | 8.9% |
| 120th | Mauritius | 9.51% | 141.5% |
| 121st | Sweden | 9.58% | -14.1% |
| 122nd | Belgium | 9.65% | 11.8% |
| 123rd | United Kingdom | 9.65% | -7.0% |
| 124th | Australia | 9.72% | -10.6% |
| 125th | Greece | 9.81% | 1.1% |
| 126th | Israel | 9.93% | -0.8% |
| 127th | Mauritania | 9.98% | 1.3% |
| 128th | Gambia, The | 10.04% | 1.3% |
| 129th | Croatia | 10.36% | -29.9% |
| 130th | Canada | 10.40% | -8.6% |
| 131st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.46% | 4.6% |
| 132nd | Nepal | 10.46% | -0.3% |
| 133rd | West Bank and Gaza | 10.78% | -42.1% |
| 134th | Hungary | 10.85% | -3.9% |
| 135th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 10.93% | 0.2% |
| 136th | Virgin Islands (US) | 10.96% | -2.0% |
| 137th | Italy | 11.09% | 12.7% |
| 138th | Belize | 11.10% | 11.0% |
| 139th | Guyana | 11.53% | -0.7% |
| 140th | European Union | 11.55% | 6.4% |
| 141st | Argentina | 11.76% | 1.3% |
| 142nd | French Polynesia | 11.98% | 1.7% |
| 143rd | Rwanda | 12.24% | 0.7% |
| 144th | South Sudan | 12.33% | 0.8% |
| 145th | France | 12.59% | 22.7% |
| 146th | Suriname | 12.70% | -18.8% |
| 147th | Bulgaria | 12.80% | -19.2% |
| 148th | Belarus | 12.80% | 103.8% |
| 149th | Cabo Verde | 12.94% | -50.2% |
| 150th | Sri Lanka | 13.03% | -5.4% |
| 151st | Serbia | 13.41% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Slovak Republic | 13.65% | 7.5% |
| 153rd | Lithuania | 13.80% | 0.0% |
| 154th | Bahamas, The | 13.83% | 5.6% |
| 155th | Morocco | 13.86% | -1.2% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 14.41% | -3.6% |
| 157th | Ireland | 14.54% | -12.9% |
| 158th | Puerto Rico (US) | 14.60% | -14.1% |
| 159th | Poland | 14.83% | -9.6% |
| 160th | Sudan | 15.62% | -0.9% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 15.62% | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Tunisia | 16.01% | -1.6% |
| 163rd | Finland | 16.43% | -0.4% |
| 164th | Jordan | 16.89% | -13.8% |
| 165th | St. Lucia | 17.00% | 1.2% |
| 166th | Angola | 17.44% | 0.0% |
| 167th | Gabon | 17.80% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.44% | -6.9% |
| 169th | Zambia | 18.69% | -5.1% |
| 170th | Latvia | 18.70% | 169.0% |
| 171st | New Caledonia | 18.88% | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Libya | 19.33% | 1.7% |
| 173rd | Namibia | 19.40% | 1.7% |
| 174th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19.97% | 3.3% |
| 175th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.97% | 1.5% |
| 176th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.17% | 3.9% |
| 177th | Congo, Republic of | 20.27% | 1.4% |
| 178th | Albania | 20.84% | -6.6% |
| 179th | Botswana | 21.20% | 13.0% |
| 180th | Eswatini | 21.73% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Barbados | 22.98% | -5.9% |
| 182nd | South Africa | 23.07% | 4.1% |
| 183rd | Spain | 24.21% | 6.9% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 27.12% | -0.5% |
| 185th | Algeria | 27.74% | 19.8% |
| 186th | North Macedonia | 30.00% | 8.3% |
| 187th | Montenegro | 30.23% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate in 1994?▾
Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate in 1994 was 2.42%. This ranked 23rd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate change in 1994?▾
Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate increased by 1.5% in 1994 compared to 1993.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 1994?▾
Montenegro had the highest unemployment rate in 1994 at 30.23%.
What is the unemployment rate of Papua New Guinea in 1994?▾
The unemployment rate of Papua New Guinea in 1994 was 2.42%. This ranked 23rd globally.
How does 1994 compare to 1993 for Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate went from 2.38% in 1993 to 2.42% in 1994, a 1.5% increase.
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