Canada vs Papua New Guinea: Net foreign assets

Canada
11.25 billion current LCU
in 2008
Papua New Guinea
10.51 billion current LCU
in 2024
Canada rank
139th
Papua New Guinea rank
141st

Net foreign assets over time

  • Canada
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 11.25 billion current LCU against 10.51 billion current LCU in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 746.80 million current LCU.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Canada ahead.

Globally, Canada ranks 139th and Papua New Guinea ranks 141st of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 9,009 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.