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Papua New Guinea: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

4.77Bcurrent USD · 2024+69.2% since 2014

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1976 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20244,767,338,039.46
20232,794,167,406.761
20224,567,400,898.798
20213,283,847,608.343
20203,419,208,075.366
20193,559,120,992.278
20183,286,228,138.362
20173,616,648,927.852
20162,829,177,777.165
20152,434,415,760.363
20142,817,635,670.176
2013-3,449,797,092.653
2012-2,297,356,874.096
2011-197,869,761.443
2010-642,495,510.094
2009-591,624,751.303
2008795,136,955.208
2007180,828,354.684
2006440,836,928.975
2005649,697,805.978
2004188,166,203.159
2003142,114,737.284
2002-25,127,355.706
2001286,147,590.502
2000350,697,873.502
1999119,988,846.098
199847,273,186.378
1997-99,019,234.074
1996313,272,366.337
1995673,764,983.3
1994568,876,111.304
1993645,825,235.406
199295,042,869.618
1991-151,078,831.585
1990-75,672,233.998
1989-312,694,224.388
1988-296,365,062.746
1987-197,883,735.446
1986-98,097,960.2
1985-121,752,923.888
1984-289,547,843.231
1983-337,372,054.466
1982-444,766,585.185
1981-484,330,220.132
1980-288,721,780.261
1979106,973,113.022
1978-32,177,835.939
1977114,291,648.963
197650,783,607.852

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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