Income inequality: Atkinson index in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2717 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.2717. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.2717 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2717, in 2010.
That places Papua New Guinea 79th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2717 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2717 | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.2717 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 77% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.2717 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2171, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2717 | 0.2717 | 0.2717 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2717 | 0.2717 | 0.2717 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More poverty & inequality data for Papua New Guinea
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,787 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.7978 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.83 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Papua New Guinea?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Papua New Guinea was 0.2717 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2717 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2717 in 2010.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 79th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.