Papua New Guinea - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Papua New Guinea was 17,966,880,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,966,880,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 1,505,900,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 1,505,900,000
1991 1,680,600,000
1992 1,894,620,000
1993 2,157,400,000
1994 2,961,200,000
1995 3,324,200,000
1996 3,780,800,000
1997 4,418,000,000
1998 5,177,700,000
1999 5,609,200,000
2000 5,621,600,000
2001 7,097,300,000
2002 8,127,900,000
2014 15,365,100,000
2015 17,966,880,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Papua New Guinea was 29.88 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 69.73 in 2002, while its lowest value was 26.89 in 2014.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 48.95
1991 46.61
1992 44.86
1993 44.33
1994 53.55
1995 53.66
1996 55.64
1997 62.40
1998 66.35
1999 63.54
2000 57.74
2001 68.27
2002 69.73
2014 26.89
2015 29.88

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance