Papua New Guinea vs Upper middle income: Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate

Papua New Guinea
13.86 % change on previous year
in 2004
Upper middle income
3.39 % change on previous year
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
36th

Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Upper middle income
-20020196119922024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 13.86 % change on previous year against 3.39 % change on previous year in Upper middle income, a difference of 10.47 % change on previous year.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 4.1 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 185 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 12.54 % change on previous year 7.91 % change on previous year 4.63 % change on previous year Papua New Guinea
1970s 12.92 % change on previous year 15.09 % change on previous year 2.17 % change on previous year Upper middle income
1980s 6.01 % change on previous year 5.65 % change on previous year 0.3616 % change on previous year Papua New Guinea
1990s -1.09 % change on previous year 7.02 % change on previous year 8.11 % change on previous year Upper middle income
2000s 2.12 % change on previous year 7.79 % change on previous year 5.67 % change on previous year Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), annual growth rate, Papua New Guinea or Upper middle income?
Papua New Guinea, at 13.86 % change on previous year against 3.39 % change on previous year in Upper middle income as of 2004.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), annual growth rate between Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
10.47 % change on previous year, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income?
43 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2004.
How do Papua New Guinea and Upper middle income rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), annual growth rate?
Papua New Guinea ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
228 places, 10,585 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

The year-on-year percentage change in Gross national expenditure (current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.