Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Papua New Guinea: Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.1789 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.3325 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2004
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
33rd
Papua New Guinea rank
31st

Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.3325 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1789 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1536 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 31st of 41 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1452 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0122 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1331 current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1970s 0.2801 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1648 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1153 current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 0.1949 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1216 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0733 current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 0.2237 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2705 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0468 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.2885 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.335 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0465 current US$ per US$ of GDP Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.3325 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1789 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2004.
What is the difference in gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea?
0.1536 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea?
44 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2004.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Papua New Guinea rank globally for gross domestic savings (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 33rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 31st of 41 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross domestic savings (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
230 places, 11,097 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic savings (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.