The PNG Economic Database is a project of the ANU-UPNG partnership through the Development Policy Centre of the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and the Economics Division of the UPNG School of Business and Public Policy. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the PNG-Aus Partnership.
The PNG Economic Database has been made possible by the work of: Stephen Howes, Rohan Fox, Rubayat Chowdhury, Ephraim Feto, Lyanne Gewageu, Albert Prabhakar Gudapati, Dorothy Kaupa, Maholopa Laveil, Alyssa Leng, Kingtau Mambon, Luke McKenzie, Dek Sum and Sherman Surandiran. Rubayat Chowdhury is the current manager.
If you use the PNG Economic Database, please use the following citation: ANU-UPNG Partnership (2026), PNG Economic Database 2026.1, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, and Economics Division, School of Business and Public Policy, UPNG, https://pngeconomic.devpolicy.org/.
This version includes variables up to the following years:
- Population – 2025
- GDP (current and constant prices) – 2025 (2006-2025 from NSO)
- Commodities – 2025
- Employment – 2025 (except for public service, which is 2019)
- Foreign exchange – 2025
- Balance of payments – 2025
- Fiscal data – 2025
- Monetary data – 2025
If you have any queries, please send an email to devpolicy@anu.edu.au.