Papua New Guinea's adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) was 6.9% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged since 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 6.9% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 6.9% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.9% | 2011 |
| Highest | 6.9% | 1977 |
| Lowest | 4.5% | 1972 |
| Average since 2012 | 6.9% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 6.28% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.78 percentage points in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.78 percentage points in 1972. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Papua New Guinea had the 18th highest value of the 199 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2021 ranking
- Sierra Leone — 15th of 199: 7.1%
- Sweden — 16th of 199: 7.08%
- Eswatini — 17th of 199: 7.05%
- Costa Rica — 19th of 199: 6.86%
- Norway — 20th of 199: 6.75%
- Venezuela, RB — 21st of 199: 6.54%
What this measures
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Limitations: Public education expenditures are considered an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 52 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.9 |
| 2020 | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 6.9 |
| 2018 | 6.9 |
| 2017 | 6.9 |
| 2016 | 6.9 |
| 2015 | 6.9 |
| 2014 | 6.9 |
| 2013 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 6.9 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 11.76% (2021)
- Australia — 5.01% (2021)
- Brunei Darussalam — 3.99% (2021)
- Cambodia — 1.76% (2021)
- China — 1.79% (2021)
- Fiji — 3.96% (2021)
- French Polynesia — 0.5% (2021)
- Guam — 8.32% (2021)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.83% (2021)
- Indonesia
More economic policy & debt data for Papua New Guinea
- GDP (current US$) — US$32.5 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 133.98 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$28.68 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 76.24 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$3,020 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 12,449 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$2,665 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 7,084 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$30.16 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 124.34 billion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Papua New Guinea's adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI)?
- 6.9% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 0.62 percentage points from 6.28% in 1970. The highest value was 6.9% in 1977 and the lowest 4.5% in 1972.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank?
- 18th highest of 199 economies with data for 2021.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.AEDU.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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