Employment Rate / Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Employment Rate
Papua New Guinea employment rate data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 50.73%.
COUNTRY: Papua New Guinea
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-16 11:22:08
ECONOMY DATA RATING
Papua New Guinea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
3.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
18.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
9.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
1.0 / 5
Method: Economy Data multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Papua New Guinea · employment rate data as percent of GDP.
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50.73%
Previous
50.60%
Range avg.
49.94%
Rank
79
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CountryPapua New Guinea
IndicatorEmployment Rate
50.73%2024 · Rank 79
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Prices & Inflation3
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Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.
Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.
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