Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside was 1.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in Papua New Guinea, 1964–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 1.8% for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in 2023.
The figure is down 10.8% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in Papua New Guinea peaked at 2.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1988.
Papua New Guinea ranks 190th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0.8% | — |
| 1965 | 0.7% | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 0.6% | -26.3% |
| 1968 | 0.5% | -12.9% |
| 1969 | 1.3% | +142.9% |
| 1970 | 1.0% | -22.3% |
| 1971 | 1.0% | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 1.2% | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 1.6% | +40.4% |
| 1974 | 1.8% | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 1.8% | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | -50.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6% | -31.4% |
| 1982 | 1.2% | +87.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7% | -36.6% |
| 1984 | 0.6% | -23.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -33.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7% | +53.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | -38.5% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +23.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9% | +62.6% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | -20.6% |
| 1994 | 0.8% | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +25.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -17.2% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | +23.4% |
| 1998 | 1.2% | +28.1% |
| 1999 | 1.6% | +24.9% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | -37.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -15.9% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | +26.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | -29.7% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | +82.4% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -17.7% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -33.6% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +17.8% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +48.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -43.7% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +32.7% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +15.0% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | +44.8% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | -22.6% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | +37.1% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | -10.8% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 1.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29.9%, 6% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 1.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.1%, 58% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 187 Macao 2.6% compare
- 188 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.5% compare
- 189 Luxembourg 1.9% compare
- 191 Greenland 1.6% compare
- 192 American Samoa 1.6% compare
- 193 Cambodia 1.4% compare
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in Papua New Guinea?
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside in Papua New Guinea was 1.8% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1988.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 190th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed 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.