Labor force, total, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Labor force, total, per capita was 0.3481 units per person in 2025. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1990β2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.3481 units per person for labor force, total, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.3481 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2809 units per person, in 1993.
That places Papua New Guinea 156th out of 188 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2839 units per person | 0.2809 units per person | 0.2894 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2969 units per person | 0.2911 units per person | 0.3018 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3169 units per person | 0.3022 units per person | 0.3324 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.342 units per person | 0.3331 units per person | 0.3481 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 40,888 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 121.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Labor force, total, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.3481 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3481 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2809 units per person in 1993.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for labor force, total, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 156th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is labor force, total, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total Γ· Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.