Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre
Change on year
up 5.0%
World rank
188th
of 194 countries
All-time high
0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Papua New Guinea, 1970–2023

00.0010.0020.003197019962023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1970.

Papua New Guinea ranks 188th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.

Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, 1970 to 2023.
Year million SLC per square kilometre Change
1970 0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre —
1971 0.0013 million SLC per square kilometre +6.6%
1972 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre +6.6%
1973 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +8.4%
1974 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +1.6%
1975 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre -2.6%
1976 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre -4.8%
1977 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre -0.5%
1978 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +11.5%
1979 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +0.6%
1980 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre -8.9%
1981 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre +1.8%
1982 0.0013 million SLC per square kilometre -6.6%
1983 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre +4.4%
1984 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +8.5%
1985 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +2.8%
1986 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre -9.1%
1987 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre +0.9%
1988 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +3.9%
1989 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +8.4%
1990 0.0013 million SLC per square kilometre -22.8%
1991 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre +15.8%
1992 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +8.0%
1993 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre +2.7%
1994 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre +8.9%
1995 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre +0.6%
1996 0.002 million SLC per square kilometre +15.5%
1997 0.0021 million SLC per square kilometre +5.1%
1998 0.0022 million SLC per square kilometre +2.8%
1999 0.002 million SLC per square kilometre -7.6%
2000 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre -11.0%
2001 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre +0.1%
2002 0.0017 million SLC per square kilometre -5.8%
2003 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre +4.8%
2004 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre +2.2%
2005 0.002 million SLC per square kilometre +8.4%
2006 0.0021 million SLC per square kilometre +4.0%
2007 0.0023 million SLC per square kilometre +13.2%
2008 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre +4.9%
2009 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre -2.0%
2010 0.0026 million SLC per square kilometre +7.6%
2011 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre +4.6%
2012 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre -0.5%
2013 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre +1.7%
2014 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre -0.9%
2015 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre -12.9%
2016 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre +3.8%
2017 0.0025 million SLC per square kilometre +3.7%
2018 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre -6.7%
2019 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre -0.6%
2020 0.0022 million SLC per square kilometre -6.4%
2021 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre +7.3%
2022 0.0026 million SLC per square kilometre +10.4%
2023 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre +5.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9944 million SLC per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.8607 million SLC per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.0014 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre 10
1980s 0.0015 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0013 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0016 million SLC per square kilometre 10
1990s 0.0018 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0013 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0022 million SLC per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.002 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0017 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0025 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0024 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.0025 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0022 million SLC per square kilometre 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 185 Palau 0.0054 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  2. 186 Bahamas 0.0052 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  3. 187 Zimbabwe 0.0048 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  4. 189 Tuvalu 0.0023 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  5. 190 Liberia 0.002 million SLC per square kilometre compare
  6. 191 East Timor 0.0019 million SLC per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Papua New Guinea?
Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Papua New Guinea was 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 0.0027 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023.
What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 million SLC per square kilometre in 1970.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
Papua New Guinea ranks 188th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre
Unit
million SLC per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
194 places, 9,578 data points, 1970–2023
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Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.