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Papua New Guinea: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed

715.00Mcurrent USD · 2025+67.1% since 2015

Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025715,000,000
2024732,583,167.3
2023606,281,153
20222,137,938,673.3
20211,367,126,785
20201,040,578,204.8
2019500,000,000
20181,370,500,000
20171,024,837,198.7
20161,011,782,093.3
2015427,860,705
2014728,332,883.4
2013287,594,137.2
2012108,181,000
2011451,170,238.9
2010278,443,137
2009122,100,000
2008132,570,000
200737,310,000
200653,166,000
20050
200423,014,220.4
20030
200258,724,154.7
2001180,667,126.7
2000319,426,832.1
1999132,225,806.6
19985,000,000
199763,768,210
199670,634,813.1
1995174,929,896.1
1994182,574,750.7
1993162,515,000
1992169,868,289.5
1991306,810,312.1
1990247,421,710.1
1989268,326,296.7
1988301,832,593.7
1987273,033,132.7
1986125,187,037.2
1985140,040,172.5
1984200,438,599.6
1983297,436,367.2
1982193,022,190.4
1981181,325,032.4
1980183,450,839.2
197949,911,155
197857,078,170.5
197769,440,000
197653,914,468.6
197531,550,925
197437,282,491.1
197363,380,818.8
197243,652,184
197156,898,545
197090,459,600

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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