Papua New Guinea Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1983–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 147 / 189

Data table

1983	20%	1994	18.3%	2005	23.5%	2016	16.1%
1984	23.1%	1995	18.2%	2006	24.8%	2017	15.9%
1985	22.9%	1996	19.6%	2007	24.9%	2018	17.7%
1986	23.1%	1997	21.2%	2008	22.5%	2019	16.3%
1987	23.9%	1998	19.9%	2009	19.2%	2020	14.7%
1988	19.5%	1999	19.5%	2010	21.5%	2021	15.1%
1989	22.7%	2000	20.8%	2011	21.9%	2022	16.6%
1990	22.5%	2001	20.2%	2012	21.2%	2023	17.9%
1991	21.8%	2002	19.1%	2013	20.7%	2024	17.5%
1992	18.5%	2003	18.9%	2014	20.8%	2025	17.3%
1993	18.6%	2004	21.5%	2015	18.3%	2026	18.2%

Government Revenue (Local currency - PGK)

Data table

1983	632M	1994	1.49B	2005	5.34B	2016	10.49B
1984	723M	1995	1.66B	2006	6.33B	2017	11.53B
1985	743M	1996	1.97B	2007	7.05B	2018	14.09B
1986	792M	1997	2.22B	2008	7.09B	2019	13.68B
1987	843M	1998	2.29B	2009	6.14B	2020	12.09B
1988	911M	1999	2.54B	2010	8.32B	2021	13.86B
1989	1.02B	2000	2.99B	2011	9.34B	2022	18.54B
1990	1.02B	2001	3.11B	2012	9.42B	2023	19.81B
1991	1.16B	2002	3.26B	2013	9.9B	2024	20.83B
1992	1.15B	2003	3.69B	2014	11.88B	2025	23.23B
1993	1.34B	2004	4.34B	2015	11B	2026	26.96B

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 157 / 189

Data table

1983	23%	1994	19.3%	2005	20.6%	2016	20.9%
1984	24.2%	1995	17.1%	2006	19.4%	2017	18.4%
1985	24.7%	1996	17.6%	2007	18%	2018	20.3%
1986	25.5%	1997	20.6%	2008	19.8%	2019	21.3%
1987	23.6%	1998	20%	2009	24.7%	2020	23.5%
1988	19.1%	1999	21.4%	2010	18.4%	2021	22%
1989	22.3%	2000	20.5%	2011	19.7%	2022	21.9%
1990	24.5%	2001	21.6%	2012	22.4%	2023	22.3%
1991	22.4%	2002	20.8%	2013	27.6%	2024	20.9%
1992	22.8%	2003	18.7%	2014	27.1%	2025	19.7%
1993	23.5%	2004	19.4%	2015	22.8%	2026	19.3%

Government Spending (Local currency - PGK)

Data table

1983	728M	1994	1.58B	2005	4.69B	2016	13.57B
1984	758M	1995	1.56B	2006	4.97B	2017	13.32B
1985	803M	1996	1.76B	2007	5.1B	2018	16.13B
1986	876M	1997	2.15B	2008	6.23B	2019	17.85B
1987	832M	1998	2.31B	2009	7.89B	2020	19.4B
1988	896M	1999	2.8B	2010	7.13B	2021	20.13B
1989	1.01B	2000	2.94B	2011	8.4B	2022	24.39B
1990	1.12B	2001	3.31B	2012	9.95B	2023	24.62B
1991	1.19B	2002	3.56B	2013	13.18B	2024	24.76B
1992	1.42B	2003	3.65B	2014	15.45B	2025	26.39B
1993	1.69B	2004	3.93B	2015	13.74B	2026	28.63B