Unemployment rate: Papua New Guinea
2.571% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.571 |
| 2024 | 2.625 |
| 2023 | 2.649 |
| 2022 | 2.689 |
| 2021 | 3.03 |
| 2020 | 2.903 |
| 2019 | 2.651 |
| 2018 | 2.65 |
| 2017 | 2.58 |
| 2016 | 2.478 |
| 2015 | 2.507 |
| 2014 | 2.54 |
| 2013 | 2.698 |
| 2012 | 2.634 |
| 2011 | 2.62 |
| 2010 | 2.002 |
| 2009 | 2.089 |
| 2008 | 2.168 |
| 2007 | 2.169 |
| 2006 | 2.285 |
| 2005 | 2.385 |
| 2004 | 2.526 |
| 2003 | 2.628 |
| 2002 | 2.756 |
| 2001 | 2.801 |
| 2000 | 2.92 |
| 1999 | 2.939 |
| 1998 | 2.86 |
| 1997 | 2.854 |
| 1996 | 2.728 |
| 1995 | 2.603 |
| 1994 | 2.418 |
| 1993 | 2.382 |
| 1992 | 2.608 |
| 1991 | 2.793 |