Country profile

Papua New Guinea

FX, inflation, GDP, purchasing-power signals, population, and policy-rate context for Papua New Guinea. Data is sourced from public official datasets and normalized into a country dashboard.

Currency

PGK

Symbol K

Inflation

0.6%

World Bank · Dec 2024

-1.7 pp vs previous period

Policy rate

4%

Central bank policy interest rate · IMF · Mar 2025

+1 pp last changed Sept 2024

Population

10.6M

World Bank · Dec 2024

+1.8% vs previous period

Exchange rates

PGK against major currencies

1 PGK in USD

4.385834

Frankfurter · 20 May 2026

+0.47% vs previous period

1 PGK in EUR

5.0959

Frankfurter · 20 May 2026

+0.39% vs previous period

1 PGK in GBP

5.877014

Frankfurter · 20 May 2026

+0.58% vs previous period

Time series

Policy-rate history

Inflation history is not available for this country yet.

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Macro indicators

Latest available country signals

GDP per capita PPP

current international dollars

4,875

+4.43% vs previous period

Dec 2024

World Bank

GDP per capita

current US dollars

3,007

+1.37% vs previous period

Dec 2024

World Bank

Population

people

10.6M

+1.8% vs previous period

Dec 2024

World Bank

PPP factor

local currency unit per international dollar

2.38

+4.18% vs previous period

Dec 2024

World Bank

Inflation

annual percent

0.6%

-1.7 pp vs previous period

Dec 2024

World Bank

IMF policy rate

percent per year

Stale

4%

+1 pp last changed Sept 2024

Mar 2025

IMF

Sources

FX rates are from Frankfurter. Macro data is sourced from World Bank, OECD, IMF, and Bank for International Settlements datasets where available. BIS statistics are cited as source data and do not imply BIS endorsement or investment advice.