Lower middle income vs Papua New Guinea: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure

Lower middle income
6.8%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
16.6%
in 2004
Lower middle income rank
3rd
Papua New Guinea rank
4th

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Papua New Guinea
-2002040196119932025

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 16.6% against 6.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 9.8%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 2.4 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 4th of 42 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 3.4% 6.5% 3.1% Papua New Guinea
1970s 2.2% 4.8% 2.5% Papua New Guinea
1980s 4.2% 1.2% 3.0% Lower middle income
1990s 4.5% 3.4% 1.1% Lower middle income
2000s 4.0% -3.5% 7.5% Lower middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher households and npishs final consumption expenditure, Lower middle income or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 16.6% against 6.8% in Lower middle income as of 2004.
What is the difference in households and npishs final consumption expenditure between Lower middle income and Papua New Guinea?
9.8%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Papua New Guinea?
43 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2004.
How do Lower middle income and Papua New Guinea rank globally for households and npishs final consumption expenditure?
Lower middle income ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 4th of 42 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (annual % growth)
Unit
annual % growth
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
219 places, 8,990 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.