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Government debt

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea. General government gross debt. Put borrowing in the context of the economy and explore how it has changed over time.

Debt / GDP · 202551.6%History / IMF estimates
Debt, US$ bn · 202517.1History / IMF estimates
Per person, US$ · 20251,642History / IMF estimates
GDP, US$ bn · 202533.1History / IMF estimates

What the figures show

History / IMF estimates

Papua New Guinea: IMF data and estimates put government debt at 51.6% of GDP in 2025. The derived debt amount is US$ 17.1 billion.

  • The debt-to-GDP ratio is 1.7 percentage points below its 2024 level.
  • This is below the median of 52.85% of GDP across 192 countries with data for the selected year.
  • Over 2015–2025, the debt-to-GDP ratio increases by 21.7 percentage points.

The median is not weighted by economic size. A change in the debt-to-GDP ratio does not necessarily imply the same change in the debt amount. About the data ↗

Government debt over time

Debt as % of GDP. Dashed lines: current-year estimate/projection and future projections.

Government debt over time02550751002000200520102015202020252031Papua New Guinea · 2000: 42.3% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2001: 47.7% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2002: 48.4% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2003: 40.4% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2004: 37.2% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2005: 31.6% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2006: 26.0% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2007: 22.2% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2008: 21.6% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2009: 21.7% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2010: 17.3% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2011: 16.3% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2012: 19.1% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2013: 24.9% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2014: 26.9% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2015: 29.9% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2016: 33.7% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2017: 32.5% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2018: 36.7% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2019: 38.2% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2020: 48.7% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2021: 53.8% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2022: 49.2% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2023: 54.8% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2024: 53.3% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2025: 51.6% — History / IMF estimatesPapua New Guinea · 2026: 46.8% — IMF estimate / projectionPapua New Guinea · 2027: 42.0% — IMF projectionPapua New Guinea · 2028: 39.1% — IMF projectionPapua New Guinea · 2029: 36.6% — IMF projectionPapua New Guinea · 2030: 34.1% — IMF projectionPapua New Guinea · 2031: 31.9% — IMF projection
Papua New Guinea
Chart data table
YearPapua New Guinea (%)Source
203131.9IMF projection
203034.1IMF projection
202936.6IMF projection
202839.1IMF projection
202742.0IMF projection
202646.8IMF estimate / projection
202551.6History / IMF estimates
202453.3History / IMF estimates
202354.8History / IMF estimates
202249.2History / IMF estimates
202153.8History / IMF estimates
202048.7History / IMF estimates
201938.2History / IMF estimates
201836.7History / IMF estimates
201732.5History / IMF estimates
201633.7History / IMF estimates
201529.9History / IMF estimates
201426.9History / IMF estimates
201324.9History / IMF estimates
201219.1History / IMF estimates
201116.3History / IMF estimates
201017.3History / IMF estimates
200921.7History / IMF estimates
200821.6History / IMF estimates
200722.2History / IMF estimates
200626.0History / IMF estimates
200531.6History / IMF estimates
200437.2History / IMF estimates
200340.4History / IMF estimates
200248.4History / IMF estimates
200147.7History / IMF estimates
200042.3History / IMF estimates

The DataMapper API does not provide the actual/estimate cutoff for each country and series. Past years are therefore labelled history/IMF estimates, the current year estimate/projection, and later years projections. Historical values can be revised. There is no simulated real-time debt counter.

Source: IMF WEO · World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · Retrieved 2026-11-01. About the data