Papua New Guinea - Changes in inventories (current LCU)
The value for Changes in inventories (current LCU) in Papua New Guinea was 236,296,100 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 409,000,000 in 1997 and a minimum value of -83,400,000 in 1989.
Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current local currency.
Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1,300,000 |
| 1962 | 100,000 |
| 1963 | 1,800,000 |
| 1964 | 5,600,000 |
| 1965 | 8,000,000 |
| 1966 | 5,600,000 |
| 1967 | 5,400,000 |
| 1968 | 6,800,000 |
| 1969 | 6,100,000 |
| 1970 | 10,500,000 |
| 1971 | 12,000,000 |
| 1972 | 13,800,000 |
| 1973 | 11,400,000 |
| 1974 | 19,600,000 |
| 1975 | 32,700,000 |
| 1976 | 22,900,000 |
| 1977 | 41,200,000 |
| 1978 | 43,900,000 |
| 1979 | 57,100,000 |
| 1980 | 36,400,000 |
| 1981 | 7,400,000 |
| 1982 | -14,200,000 |
| 1983 | -6,200,000 |
| 1984 | 71,500,000 |
| 1985 | 33,800,000 |
| 1986 | -31,500,000 |
| 1987 | 34,100,000 |
| 1988 | 125,500,000 |
| 1989 | -83,400,000 |
| 1990 | -21,000,000 |
| 1991 | -22,000,000 |
| 1992 | 70,000,000 |
| 1993 | -42,500,000 |
| 1994 | 141,700,000 |
| 1995 | 148,900,000 |
| 1996 | 374,800,000 |
| 1997 | 409,000,000 |
| 1998 | 306,662,000 |
| 1999 | 376,612,000 |
| 2000 | 143,664,700 |
| 2001 | 186,309,600 |
| 2002 | 206,138,600 |
| 2003 | 222,383,300 |
| 2004 | 236,296,100 |
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators
Sub-Topic: National accounts
