Papua New Guinea Unemployment Rate 2020s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
2.74% decade average (2020-2029)

Papua New Guinea's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 2.57% (2025) to 3.03% (2021), averaging 2.74% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 2.90% +0.25pp 25th
2021 3.03% +0.13pp 28th
2022 2.69% −0.34pp 28th
2023 2.65% −0.04pp 28th
2024 2.63% −0.02pp 28th
2025 2.57% −0.05pp 25th