Papua New Guinea Poverty Rate 1996-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Papua New Guinea poverty rate for 2009 was 90.20%, a 0.3% decline from 1996.
  • Papua New Guinea poverty rate for 1996 was 90.50%, a 90.5% increase from .
  • Papua New Guinea poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
  • Papua New Guinea poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
India 93.30%
Papua New Guinea 90.20%
Indonesia 89.10%
Eswatini 87.20%
Sudan 82.80%
Georgia 70.50%
Kyrgyz Republic 67.60%
Sri Lanka 67.40%
Philippines 66.10%
Kosovo 59.90%
Nicaragua 57.10%
El Salvador 50.50%
Honduras 48.40%
Moldova 33.00%
Bolivia 28.90%
Ukraine 19.30%
West Bank and Gaza 18.20%
Papua New Guinea Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2009 90.20% -0.30%
1996 90.50% -0.30%