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Papua New Guinea: Net flows on external debt, long-term

-1.66Bcurrent USD · 2025-3958.9% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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
2025-1,662,857,000
2024-2,700,076,000
2023-1,381,710,000
2022-867,098,000
2021-1,163,656,000
2020-961,329,000
2019-66,164,000
20181,016,971,000
2017-791,066,000
2016-1,121,492,000
201543,092,000
2014205,340,000
20136,663,640,000
20122,368,279,000
20117,081,373,000
20102,395,090,000
20093,032,000
200818,502,000
2007-331,904,000
2006-2,985,000
2005151,945,000
2004-62,660,000
2003-10,107,000
2002-148,010,000
20014,684,000
200058,866,000
1999-44,265,000
199825,871,000
1997100,177,000
1996156,911,000
1995-303,906,000
1994-221,264,000
1993-420,971,000
1992611,867,000
199195,782,000
1990234,898,000
1989221,000,000
198884,153,000
1987115,910,000
1986269,441,000
1985228,598,000
1984158,998,000
1983376,582,000
1982448,711,000
1981337,368,000
198063,838,000
197916,576,000
1978-62,753,000
197738,280,000
1976-613,000
19759,569,000
1974-8,574,000
197310,118,000
197280,192,000
1971194,090,000
1970133,554,000

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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). Net flows on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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