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Papua New Guinea Kina
PGKPapua New Guinea · Issued by Bank of Papua New Guinea
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+0.60%
10y M2 change
—
M69 Score
96.0
Market Cap (USD)
—
M2 source: World Bank
M2 (local currency)
—
broad money
CPI YoY (2024)
+0.60%
World Bank · annual
Country
Papua New Guinea
ISO 4217 · PGK
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Papua New Guinea Kina M2 money supply
Broad money in PGK (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
No M2 history available yet for PGK. World Bank coverage may be limited for this currency — direct central-bank feeds in a future release.
Papua New Guinea Kina inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Papua New Guinea. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Papua New Guinea Kina be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 PGK in 2001 buys today
9.76 PGKworth of goods
Lost 90% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
1,024.19 PGK
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:12:35
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- PNG
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/PGK
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Papua New Guinea Kina?+
The Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK) is issued by Bank of Papua New Guinea. As the monetary authority for Papua New Guinea, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Papua New Guinea Kina?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Papua New Guinea Kina: 0.60% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Papua New Guinea Kina been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. broad-money data is being added in our next release. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between PGK as accounting unit and PGK as a store of value.
Is the Papua New Guinea Kina sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Papua New Guinea Kina currently scores 96.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Papua New Guinea Kina compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.