Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Consumer price index

Botswana
202.64 2010 = 100
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
193.24 2010 = 100
in 2025
Botswana rank
60th
Papua New Guinea rank
63rd

Consumer price index over time

  • Botswana
  • Papua New Guinea
050100150200197119982025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 202.64 2010 = 100 against 193.24 2010 = 100 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 9.41 2010 = 100.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Botswana ranks 60th and Papua New Guinea ranks 63rd of 189 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Consumer price index
Unit
2010 = 100
Source
International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Financial Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 9,233 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

The CPI shows the average price level of goods and services purchased by consumers. This is expressed relative to a base year – in this case 2010. For example, a CPI of 120 means that prices were 20% higher than in 2010.