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Poverty Headcount / Papua New Guinea
Population & Society

Papua New Guinea Poverty Headcount

Papua New Guinea poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 39.9%.
COUNTRY: Papua New Guinea
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
Economy Data Rating
Papua New Guinea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 13.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.7 / 20
External stability 14.1 / 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: 70% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1996–2009 1996– 2009
1996 2009
Selected year: 2009 · Value: n/a 2009

Papua New Guinea · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

1996–2009
39.9 percent
37.5 percent
38.7 percent
6 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1996 2009
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2
Yemen 48.6
Afghanistan 47.1
Timor-Leste 41.8
Micronesia 41.2
Papua New Guinea 39.9
Kenya 39.8
Argentina 38.1

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

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

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Comparison

latest
Fiji 24.1
Kiribati 5.5
Marshall Islands 7.2
China 0
Germany 14.8

Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-07-06 05:11:11

Papua New Guinea Snapshot

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

Papua New Guinea Poverty Headcount: 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 Poverty Headcount 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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