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Papua New Guinea: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
34.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.4 pointsfrom 36.7%
Average, 2016–2025
38.4%10 years
Record high and low
70.1% (2012)low 20.2% (1962)

Imports (% of GDP)

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20%30%40%50%60%70%80%19601970198019902000201020202030Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203136.6Forecast
203035.7Forecast
202934.7Forecast
202833.8Forecast
202733.5Forecast
202633.8Forecast
202534.3
202436.7
202336.9
202237.5
202135.7
202037.6
201939.2
201840.6
201741.3
201644.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Papua New Guinea documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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