Papua New Guinea: Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Papua New Guinea's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) rose 0.17 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.17% to 18.34%).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2024), the average change was −0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.42 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.02 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.83 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 14.15% for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.82%, against 1.63% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Papua New Guinea had the 35th highest value of the 37 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 2025 ranking

• Kazakhstan — 31st of 37: 31.06%
• Azerbaijan — 32nd of 37: 25.8%
• Zambia — 33rd of 37: 20.66%
• Ukraine — 35th of 37: 17.51%
• Guyana — 36th of 37: 15.96%
• Angola — 37th of 37: 6.94%

What this measures

Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy include gross credit from the financial system to households, nonprofit institutions serving households, nonfinancial corporations, state and local governments, and social security funds. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 17 values

Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 43.06% (2025)
• Fiji — 126.74% (2025)
• Indonesia — 38.9% (2025)
• Japan — 220.27% (2025)
• New Zealand — 147.1% (2025)
• Samoa — 68.16% (2025)
• Solomon Islands — 33.28% (2025)
• Thailand — 149.92% (2025)

More financial sector data for Papua New Guinea

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 175.74 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$4.12 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$4.12 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 6.87% (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 193.24 (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 4.42% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 13.45% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 31.63 billion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Papua New Guinea's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP)?

18.34% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2009?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FS.AST.DOMO.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 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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