Papua New Guinea
Internet users in Papua New Guinea
Internet users in Papua New Guinea: 0% in 1990 and 18.8% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 18.8%
- Since 1990
- +18.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 174 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 18.8 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 18.6 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 18.3 | 67 |
| 2021 | 16.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 15 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 13.6 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 12.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 11.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 9.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 7.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 6.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 5.1 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 3.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 1.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1.2 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.5 | – |
| 2003 | 1.4 | – |
| 2002 | 1.3 | – |
| 2001 | 0.9 | – |
| 2000 | 0.8 | – |
| 1999 | 0.7 | – |
| 1998 | 0.2 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Papua New Guinea in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$110M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2023