Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 1970
88.09
+0.78 from 1969
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 88.09 in 1970, increased +0.78 from 87.32 in 1969. This was the 123rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1970▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Japan | 43.51 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 45.51 | -3.7% |
| 3rd | Serbia | 46.36 | -1.4% |
| 4th | Hungary | 47.88 | -1.9% |
| 5th | Bulgaria | 47.99 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Croatia | 48.42 | -1.3% |
| 7th | Czechia | 50.21 | -0.2% |
| 8th | Latvia | 50.63 | 0.5% |
| 9th | Romania | 50.96 | 0.4% |
| 10th | Finland | 50.99 | -1.1% |
| 11th | Russian Federation | 51.10 | -2.4% |
| 12th | Estonia | 51.12 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Slovenia | 51.26 | -0.8% |
| 14th | Ukraine | 51.41 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Gibraltar | 52.64 | 0.5% |
| 16th | Sweden | 52.70 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 53.13 | 0.2% |
| 18th | San Marino | 53.94 | 1.1% |
| 19th | Poland | 54.12 | -2.7% |
| 20th | Switzerland | 54.13 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Andorra | 54.27 | -0.6% |
| 22nd | Greece | 54.73 | 2.1% |
| 23rd | Channel Islands | 54.83 | 1.1% |
| 24th | Denmark | 55.20 | -0.2% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 55.40 | -1.3% |
| 26th | Italy | 55.62 | 1.0% |
| 27th | Liechtenstein | 55.91 | 0.1% |
| 28th | European Union | 56.72 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Argentina | 56.84 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Monaco | 57.27 | 1.2% |
| 31st | Malta | 57.27 | -2.7% |
| 32nd | Slovak Republic | 57.91 | -1.4% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 58.09 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Germany | 58.28 | 0.5% |
| 35th | Belgium | 58.72 | -0.1% |
| 36th | Moldova | 58.81 | -2.4% |
| 37th | United Kingdom | 59.13 | 1.1% |
| 38th | Australia | 59.14 | -0.6% |
| 39th | Lithuania | 59.16 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Norway | 59.61 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Qatar | 59.81 | 4.8% |
| 42nd | Netherlands | 59.89 | -0.3% |
| 43rd | Spain | 59.92 | 0.9% |
| 44th | Belarus | 60.05 | -1.6% |
| 45th | France | 60.49 | -0.2% |
| 46th | Canada | 61.55 | -3.0% |
| 47th | Georgia | 61.95 | -0.4% |
| 48th | Portugal | 61.96 | -0.4% |
| 49th | United States | 61.99 | -1.6% |
| 50th | Austria | 62.43 | 1.0% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | 63.26 | -2.1% |
| 52nd | Isle of Man | 65.45 | 1.9% |
| 53rd | Montenegro | 65.54 | -2.3% |
| 54th | Israel | 65.99 | -0.5% |
| 55th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.20 | -2.5% |
| 56th | Cyprus | 66.32 | -0.6% |
| 57th | Virgin Islands (US) | 66.87 | -0.8% |
| 58th | Faroe Islands | 67.54 | 0.0% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 67.84 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Kazakhstan | 69.05 | -1.7% |
| 61st | Guam | 69.59 | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Iceland | 70.74 | -1.6% |
| 63rd | Barbados | 71.08 | -1.0% |
| 64th | British Virgin Islands | 71.41 | -2.9% |
| 65th | Chile | 72.08 | -1.1% |
| 66th | Aruba | 72.19 | -0.6% |
| 67th | Singapore | 72.43 | -4.0% |
| 68th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.63 | -0.9% |
| 69th | Ireland | 73.21 | 0.2% |
| 70th | Timor-Leste | 73.28 | 0.6% |
| 71st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 74.25 | -14.2% |
| 72nd | New Caledonia | 75.26 | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Gabon | 75.52 | 1.2% |
| 74th | Cuba | 75.65 | 0.7% |
| 75th | Armenia | 76.52 | -2.2% |
| 76th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 77.11 | 1.2% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 77.12 | -0.8% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 77.27 | -0.6% |
| 79th | Nepal | 77.31 | 0.2% |
| 80th | Nauru | 77.98 | -2.3% |
| 81st | Puerto Rico (US) | 78.60 | -1.7% |
| 82nd | Macao SAR, China | 78.97 | -8.4% |
| 83rd | Bhutan | 79.29 | 0.2% |
| 84th | Guinea | 79.82 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Mali | 79.83 | 0.9% |
| 86th | Sierra Leone | 80.10 | 1.0% |
| 87th | China | 80.18 | -0.6% |
| 88th | Myanmar | 80.38 | -0.3% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 80.42 | 0.7% |
| 90th | Gambia, The | 80.99 | 0.4% |
| 91st | Curaçao | 81.01 | -1.2% |
| 92nd | Haiti | 81.08 | 0.2% |
| 93rd | India | 81.88 | -0.4% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 82.55 | -2.5% |
| 95th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 82.98 | -0.5% |
| 96th | Lao PDR | 83.06 | 0.3% |
| 97th | Kyrgyz Republic | 83.28 | -0.7% |
| 98th | Trinidad and Tobago | 83.28 | -2.5% |
| 99th | Kuwait | 83.33 | 2.4% |
| 100th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 83.33 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Korea | 83.50 | -2.1% |
| 102nd | Burkina Faso | 83.57 | 1.3% |
| 103rd | Cayman Islands | 83.61 | -2.2% |
| 104th | Brazil | 83.85 | -1.4% |
| 105th | Nigeria | 83.96 | 0.6% |
| 106th | Indonesia | 84.25 | 0.5% |
| 107th | Liberia | 84.49 | 0.6% |
| 108th | South Africa | 84.61 | 0.2% |
| 109th | Eritrea | 84.74 | 1.1% |
| 110th | Greenland | 85.23 | -2.0% |
| 111th | Cameroon | 85.48 | 1.0% |
| 112th | Guinea-Bissau | 85.65 | 0.2% |
| 113th | Central African Republic | 85.70 | 0.4% |
| 114th | Mozambique | 86.03 | 0.7% |
| 115th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 86.22 | 0.6% |
| 116th | Kosovo | 86.50 | 4.3% |
| 117th | Brunei Darussalam | 86.85 | -2.8% |
| 118th | Afghanistan | 87.26 | 0.9% |
| 119th | Chad | 87.56 | 0.7% |
| 120th | Albania | 87.72 | -1.1% |
| 121st | Pakistan | 87.76 | 0.8% |
| 122nd | South Sudan | 87.95 | 0.6% |
| 123rd | Papua New Guinea | 88.09 | 0.9% |
| 124th | Senegal | 88.24 | -0.1% |
| 125th | Yemen, Republic of | 88.98 | 1.9% |
| 126th | Mauritania | 89.26 | 1.6% |
| 127th | Djibouti | 89.56 | 0.9% |
| 128th | Malaysia | 89.69 | -1.8% |
| 129th | Malawi | 89.76 | 0.8% |
| 130th | Türkiye | 89.88 | -0.4% |
| 131st | Cambodia | 89.90 | 2.1% |
| 132nd | Bangladesh | 90.34 | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 90.55 | -2.9% |
| 134th | Côte d'Ivoire | 90.68 | 0.5% |
| 135th | Lesotho | 90.79 | -2.0% |
| 136th | Thailand | 91.00 | -1.0% |
| 137th | Costa Rica | 91.12 | -2.1% |
| 138th | Fiji | 91.40 | -1.6% |
| 139th | Lebanon | 91.55 | -1.6% |
| 140th | Maldives | 91.76 | 1.0% |
| 141st | Panama | 91.82 | -0.4% |
| 142nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 92.00 | -0.3% |
| 143rd | Iraq | 92.13 | 1.7% |
| 144th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 92.52 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Namibia | 92.54 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Bahrain | 92.56 | -2.1% |
| 147th | Togo | 92.73 | 0.4% |
| 148th | Burundi | 93.00 | 0.2% |
| 149th | Ecuador | 93.03 | -0.4% |
| 150th | Congo, Republic of | 93.23 | 0.6% |
| 151st | Benin | 93.28 | 1.1% |
| 152nd | Viet Nam | 93.29 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Peru | 93.34 | -0.2% |
| 154th | Tunisia | 93.40 | -0.5% |
| 155th | St. Martin (French part) | 93.41 | 0.3% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 93.60 | -0.3% |
| 157th | French Polynesia | 93.67 | -0.1% |
| 158th | Saudi Arabia | 93.69 | -0.1% |
| 159th | Marshall Islands | 94.11 | -3.4% |
| 160th | Tanzania | 94.22 | 0.5% |
| 161st | Antigua and Barbuda | 94.47 | -0.7% |
| 162nd | Angola | 95.40 | 1.5% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 95.55 | -0.3% |
| 164th | Colombia | 95.63 | -1.4% |
| 165th | Vanuatu | 95.73 | 0.1% |
| 166th | Azerbaijan | 95.90 | -1.8% |
| 167th | Uganda | 96.38 | 0.4% |
| 168th | Oman | 96.80 | 2.0% |
| 169th | Kiribati | 96.94 | -0.7% |
| 170th | Paraguay | 98.02 | -0.8% |
| 171st | Seychelles | 98.16 | 0.8% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 98.20 | -1.6% |
| 173rd | Tonga | 98.20 | 0.3% |
| 174th | Niger | 98.88 | -0.4% |
| 175th | Comoros | 98.92 | 1.0% |
| 176th | Turkmenistan | 99.06 | -0.6% |
| 177th | Madagascar | 99.47 | 0.0% |
| 178th | Morocco | 99.47 | -0.3% |
| 179th | El Salvador | 100.22 | -0.1% |
| 180th | Nicaragua | 100.25 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Sudan | 100.48 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 100.49 | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Solomon Islands | 100.56 | 0.6% |
| 184th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 100.71 | 0.3% |
| 185th | Uzbekistan | 100.86 | -0.8% |
| 186th | Guyana | 100.91 | -1.2% |
| 187th | Grenada | 101.49 | -1.8% |
| 188th | Zambia | 101.68 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Mexico | 101.72 | 0.2% |
| 190th | Philippines | 102.45 | -0.7% |
| 191st | Algeria | 102.52 | -0.6% |
| 192nd | Cabo Verde | 102.73 | -0.8% |
| 193rd | Palau | 102.86 | -3.2% |
| 194th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 102.94 | -0.4% |
| 195th | São Tomé and Principe | 103.07 | 1.6% |
| 196th | Dominican Republic | 103.78 | -1.5% |
| 197th | Honduras | 104.00 | -0.2% |
| 198th | Jamaica | 104.04 | 0.6% |
| 199th | Rwanda | 104.59 | -2.0% |
| 200th | Mongolia | 105.71 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Zimbabwe | 106.33 | -0.4% |
| 202nd | Ghana | 106.58 | 0.2% |
| 203rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 106.98 | 0.2% |
| 204th | Northern Mariana Islands | 107.57 | -2.1% |
| 205th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 110.20 | 1.9% |
| 206th | Suriname | 112.55 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Botswana | 114.12 | 1.3% |
| 208th | Jordan | 114.51 | 0.5% |
| 209th | Belize | 114.64 | -0.8% |
| 210th | Kenya | 116.46 | 0.4% |
| 211th | Samoa | 117.94 | -0.4% |
| 212th | Libya | 118.32 | 0.1% |
| 213th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 118.55 | -0.9% |
| 214th | Dominica | 120.08 | 0.5% |
| 215th | St. Lucia | 120.10 | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1970?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1970 was 88.09. This ranked 123rd globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 1970?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio increased by 0.9% in 1970 compared to 1969.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1970?▾
St. Lucia had the highest dependency ratio in 1970 at 120.10.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1970?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1970 was 88.09. This ranked 123rd globally.
How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 87.32 in 1969 to 88.09 in 1970, a 0.9% increase.
Related
1969
1971
All years
Full ranking 1970
Population
Population Growth
Population Density
Urban Population
Life Expectancy
Peak: 1972
Lowest: 2025
Dependency Ratio 1990s
Dependency Ratio 2000s
Dependency Ratio 2010s
Dependency Ratio 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Kenya
vs Mauritania
vs West Bank and Gaza
vs Kiribati
Global Ranking