This indicator shows the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. A measure widely used to gauge income poverty.
Papua New Guinea is reported as having 38% of its population in poverty, this places Papua New Guinea 17th of the 78 countries which have people living in poverty.
Papua New Guinea's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C.