Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.2% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.2%.
That represents a change of down 43.2% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea peaked at 3.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2014.
Papua New Guinea ranks 67th of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -75.0% |
| 2002 | 2.4% | +196.3% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | -19.6% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -65.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +67.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -27.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -48.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -26.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -36.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +142.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -55.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +100.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +87.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +88.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -59.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -43.2% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 72% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5%, 43% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 5 |
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Papua New Guinea was 0.2% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2014.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 67th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).