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

0.394 → 0.568 (+0.174)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth61.9 → 66.3 (+4.4)

Internet users2 → 19 (+17)

Urban population13 → 16 (+3)

Births per woman4.22 → 3.07 (-1.15)

Renewable share of energy58 → 55 (-3)

Access to electricity14 → 43 (+29)

Infant mortality52 → 31 (-20)

CO2 emissions per person0.8 → 0.5 (-0.3)

Forest area80 → 79 (-1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	0.394	59.8	—	—	5.18	72	—	66	0.6	80.4	—	—
1991	0.402	59.9	—	15	5.11	72	—	65	0.6	80.3	—	—
1992	0.412	60.3	—	15	5.03	72	—	63	0.6	80.3	—	—
1993	0.425	60.5	—	15	4.96	71	—	62	0.6	80.3	—	—
1994	0.438	60.7	—	15	4.87	69	—	61	0.6	80.3	—	—
1995	0.440	60.9	—	14	4.78	71	—	60	0.5	80.2	—	—
1996	0.445	61.1	0	14	4.73	70	11	60	0.5	80.2	—	—
1997	0.445	61.3	0	14	4.68	69	2	64	0.5	80.2	—	—
1998	0.447	60.4	0	14	4.63	68	4	58	0.6	80.2	—	—
1999	0.454	61.5	1	13	4.59	69	6	57	0.5	80.1	—	—
2000	0.456	61.6	1	13	4.53	66	12	56	0.5	80.1	—	—
2001	0.459	61.6	1	13	4.47	63	13	55	0.6	80.1	—	—
2002	0.462	61.6	1	13	4.42	63	13	55	0.7	80.1	—	—
2003	0.467	61.7	1	13	4.36	60	13	54	0.7	80.0	—	—
2004	0.465	61.8	2	13	4.28	58	14	53	0.8	80.0	—	—
2005	0.469	61.9	2	13	4.22	59	14	52	0.8	80.0	—	—
2006	0.471	62.0	2	13	4.15	59	12	51	0.8	80.0	1238	2444
2007	0.479	62.2	2	13	4.08	57	15	50	0.8	80.0	1371	2622
2008	0.484	62.5	1	13	4.01	57	15	48	0.7	79.9	1625	2583
2009	0.489	62.8	2	13	3.94	56	17	47	0.7	79.9	1569	2692
2010	0.497	63.1	1	13	3.88	55	20	46	0.6	79.9	1867	2912
2011	0.502	63.4	2	13	3.82	55	17	45	0.6	79.8	2288	2919
2012	0.510	63.6	4	13	3.75	56	18	44	0.5	79.8	2635	3026
2013	0.516	63.9	5	13	3.68	58	18	43	0.6	79.7	2561	3110
2014	0.531	64.2	7	13	3.63	57	18	42	0.7	79.6	2723	3500
2015	0.540	64.5	8	13	3.56	55	18	44	0.7	79.5	2485	3670
2016	0.547	64.7	10	13	3.50	55	14	39	0.7	79.5	2316	3813
2017	0.553	64.9	11	14	3.43	55	19	38	0.6	79.4	2478	3923
2018	0.556	65.1	12	14	3.38	53	17	37	0.5	79.3	2566	3910
2019	0.562	65.3	14	14	3.32	53	24	36	0.5	79.3	2576	4060
2020	0.567	65.1	15	14	3.27	54	21	35	0.6	79.2	2430	3900
2021	0.564	64.4	17	14	3.22	55	21	34	0.5	79.1	2608	3977
2022	0.568	65.3	18	15	3.17	55	19	33	0.5	79.0	3102	4419
2023	—	66.1	19	15	3.10	—	21	32	0.5	79.0	2966	4672
2024	—	66.3	19	15	3.07	—	43	31	0.5	—	2912	4887
2025	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3020	5215
Profile shows	0.568	66.3	19	16	3.07	55	—	—	0.5	79.0	3020	5215

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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