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Papua New Guinea: Expense (% of GDP)

20.32percent · 2023-8.0% since 2002

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1990 to 2023.

19902023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202320.324
202219.449
202119.831
202020.896
201919.143
201818.31
201716.583
201618.388
201520.23
201421.751
200222.094
200126.923
200030.047
199929.331
199824.077
199727.28
199625.784
199524.539
199427.016
199329.985
199229.052
199130.002
199031.152

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Expense (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expense-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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