Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita

Papua New Guinea
608.63 current US$ per person
in 2023
Timor-Leste
648.14 current US$ per person
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
159th
Timor-Leste rank
156th

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Timor-Leste
02505007501.0k1.2k196419932023

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 648.14 current US$ per person against 608.63 current US$ per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 39.51 current US$ per person.

That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 159th and Timor-Leste ranks 156th of 206 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Timor-Leste Difference Ahead
2000s 391.5 current US$ per person 295.83 current US$ per person 95.67 current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 715.52 current US$ per person 527.11 current US$ per person 188.41 current US$ per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 553.15 current US$ per person 524.23 current US$ per person 28.91 current US$ per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
Timor-Leste, at 648.14 current US$ per person against 608.63 current US$ per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
39.51 current US$ per person, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current us$), per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 159th and Timor-Leste ranks 156th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$), per capita
Unit
current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
253 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.