Papua New Guinea external debt for 2023 was 15.32 billion US dollars, a 21.85% decline from 2022.
Papua New Guinea external debt for 2022 was 19.61 billion US dollars, a 0.53% decline from 2021.
Papua New Guinea external debt for 2021 was 19.71 billion US dollars, a 9.22% increase from 2020.
Papua New Guinea external debt for 2020 was 18.05 billion US dollars, a 3.72% decline from 2019.
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Papua New Guinea External Debt | Historical Data | 1970 - 2023.