Papua New Guinea — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1990–2025 · 36 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
The latest unemployment rate reading for Papua New Guinea was 2.57% in 2025. The previous reading was 2.63% in 2024; the period change was −0.05 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 2.68%.
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- Annual data, 1990–2025
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.57 % |
| 2024 | 2.63 % |
| 2023 | 2.65 % |
| 2022 | 2.69 % |
| 2021 | 3.03 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 2.9 % |
| 2019 | 2.65 % |
| 2018 | 2.65 % |
| 2017 | 2.58 % |
| 2016 | 2.48 % |