Papua New Guinea vs Post-demographic dividend: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within

Papua New Guinea
39.2%
in 2023
Post-demographic dividend
9.6%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
30th
Post-demographic dividend rank
32nd

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Post-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 39.2% against 9.6% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 29.6%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 4.1 times Post-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 30th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 32nd of 203 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 2.5% 1.8% 0.7% Papua New Guinea
1970s 1.6% 2.2% 0.7% Post-demographic dividend
1980s 3.2% 3.5% 0.3% Post-demographic dividend
1990s 7.5% 5.8% 1.7% Papua New Guinea
2000s 15.0% 7.6% 7.4% Papua New Guinea
2010s 29.3% 9.8% 19.6% Papua New Guinea
2020s 39.0% 10.0% 29.1% Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within, Papua New Guinea or Post-demographic dividend?
Papua New Guinea, at 39.2% against 9.6% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within between Papua New Guinea and Post-demographic dividend?
29.6%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Post-demographic dividend?
56 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within?
Papua New Guinea ranks 30th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 32nd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
Unit
% of total merchandise imports
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 13,090 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.