Papua New Guinea vs Upper middle income: Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP

Papua New Guinea
0.7216 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2004
Upper middle income
0.2588 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
26th
Upper middle income rank
25th

Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.7216 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2588 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.4628 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 2.8 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 25th of 193 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1755 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1054 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0702 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.377 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1465 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2305 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.4067 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1804 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2262 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.5237 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2037 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.32 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.668 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2767 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3913 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exports of goods and services (current us$), per unit of gdp, Papua New Guinea or Upper middle income?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.7216 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.2588 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2004.
What is the difference in exports of goods and services (current us$), per unit of gdp between Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
0.4628 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
44 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2004.
How do Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income rank globally for exports of goods and services (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Papua New Guinea ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 25th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
237 places, 11,389 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Exports of goods and services (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.