Papua New Guinea, year by year

Every index this site holds for Papua New Guinea, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.403 in 1990 to 0.576 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 66.3 years2024at birthUp 4.4 years from 61.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 19%2024of people onlineUp 17 points from 2% in 2006
Urban population: 16%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 3 points from 13% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.072024births per womanDown 1.15 from 4.22 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 55%2022of energy usedDown 3 points from 58% in 2004
Access to electricity: 43%2024of people with electricityUp 29 points from 14% in 2005
Infant mortality: 312024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 20 from 52 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.5 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 0.3 t from 0.8 t in 2005
Forest area: 79%2023of land under forestDown 1 point from 80% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.403	59.8	—	—	5.18	71.7	—	66	0.6	80.4	—	—
1991	0.411	59.9	—	15.3	5.11	71.7	—	65	0.6	80.3	—	—
1992	0.421	60.3	—	15.2	5.03	71.6	—	63	0.6	80.3	—	—
1993	0.432	60.5	—	14.9	4.96	71.2	—	62	0.6	80.3	—	—
1994	0.439	60.7	—	14.7	4.87	69.4	—	61	0.6	80.3	—	—
1995	0.442	60.9	—	14.3	4.78	70.7	—	60	0.5	80.2	—	—
1996	0.448	61.1	0.0	14.0	4.73	69.9	11	60	0.5	80.2	—	—
1997	0.449	61.3	0.1	13.8	4.68	68.7	2	64	0.5	80.2	—	—
1998	0.446	60.4	0.2	13.5	4.63	67.7	4	58	0.6	80.2	—	—
1999	0.454	61.5	0.7	13.3	4.59	68.7	6	57	0.5	80.1	—	—
2000	0.456	61.6	0.8	13.2	4.53	66.4	12	56	0.5	80.1	—	—
2001	0.458	61.6	0.9	13.2	4.47	63.4	13	55	0.6	80.1	—	—
2002	0.461	61.6	1.3	13.2	4.42	62.5	13	55	0.7	80.1	—	—
2003	0.464	61.7	1.4	13.1	4.36	60.4	13	54	0.7	80.0	—	—
2004	0.468	61.8	1.5	13.1	4.28	57.5	14	53	0.8	80.0	—	—
2005	0.473	61.9	1.7	13.1	4.22	58.6	14	52	0.8	80.0	—	—
2006	0.479	62.0	1.8	13.1	4.15	58.9	12	51	0.8	80.0	1238	2444
2007	0.485	62.2	1.8	13.0	4.08	57.1	15	50	0.8	80.0	1371	2622
2008	0.489	62.5	1.1	13.0	4.01	56.9	15	48	0.7	79.9	1625	2583
2009	0.495	62.8	1.6	13.0	3.94	56.0	17	47	0.7	79.9	1569	2692
2010	0.503	63.1	1.3	13.0	3.88	55.2	20	46	0.6	79.9	1867	2912
2011	0.508	63.4	2.0	13.0	3.82	54.7	17	45	0.6	79.8	2288	2919
2012	0.514	63.6	3.5	13.0	3.75	55.5	18	44	0.5	79.8	2635	3026
2013	0.522	63.9	5.1	13.1	3.68	58.3	18	43	0.6	79.7	2561	3110
2014	0.534	64.2	6.5	13.1	3.63	56.9	18	42	0.7	79.6	2723	3500
2015	0.543	64.5	7.9	13.2	3.56	55.3	18	44	0.7	79.5	2485	3670
2016	0.550	64.7	9.6	13.4	3.50	54.8	14	39	0.7	79.5	2316	3813
2017	0.555	64.9	11.2	13.5	3.43	54.7	19	38	0.6	79.4	2478	3923
2018	0.559	65.1	12.4	13.7	3.38	53.4	17	37	0.5	79.3	2566	3910
2019	0.566	65.3	13.6	13.9	3.32	53.2	24	36	0.5	79.3	2576	4060
2020	0.567	65.1	15.0	14.2	3.27	53.6	21	35	0.6	79.2	2430	3900
2021	0.567	64.4	16.6	14.4	3.22	54.5	21	34	0.5	79.1	2608	3977
2022	0.572	65.3	18.3	14.7	3.17	54.6	19	33	0.5	79.0	3102	4419
2023	0.576	66.1	18.6	15.1	3.10	—	21	32	0.5	79.0	2966	4672
2024	—	66.3	18.8	15.4	3.07	—	43	31	0.5	—	2912	4887
2025	—	—	—	15.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	3020	5215
On the profile	0.576	66.3	18.8	15.8	3.07	54.6	—	—	0.5	79.0	3020	5215

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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