Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 1986
79.83
−0.03 from 1985
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 79.83 in 1986, decreased +0.03 from 79.86 in 1985. This was the 127th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1986▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 38.72 | -1.5% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 38.92 | -0.7% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 39.20 | -0.4% |
| 4th | Greenland | 39.21 | -0.3% |
| 5th | Northern Mariana Islands | 39.48 | -6.8% |
| 6th | Liechtenstein | 42.27 | -1.3% |
| 7th | Bermuda | 42.82 | -0.2% |
| 8th | Serbia | 43.00 | 0.3% |
| 9th | St. Martin (French part) | 43.03 | -4.2% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 43.35 | -5.4% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 43.50 | -0.6% |
| 12th | San Marino | 43.72 | -0.7% |
| 13th | Germany | 43.84 | -0.3% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 44.25 | -0.6% |
| 15th | Cayman Islands | 44.76 | -3.3% |
| 16th | Channel Islands | 44.78 | -1.0% |
| 17th | Netherlands | 45.48 | -1.3% |
| 18th | Croatia | 45.94 | 0.2% |
| 19th | Canada | 46.05 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.08 | -0.8% |
| 21st | Switzerland | 46.20 | -0.5% |
| 22nd | Japan | 46.36 | -1.6% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 46.56 | -0.1% |
| 24th | Finland | 47.12 | 0.6% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 47.22 | -1.7% |
| 26th | Italy | 47.53 | -1.2% |
| 27th | United Arab Emirates | 47.65 | 1.8% |
| 28th | Russian Federation | 47.69 | 0.2% |
| 29th | Austria | 47.82 | -0.6% |
| 30th | Belgium | 48.21 | -0.1% |
| 31st | Belarus | 48.80 | 0.2% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 49.06 | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 49.34 | -3.8% |
| 34th | Ukraine | 49.40 | 0.2% |
| 35th | Lithuania | 49.47 | -0.3% |
| 36th | Bulgaria | 49.55 | 0.7% |
| 37th | Aruba | 49.62 | -2.1% |
| 38th | United States | 49.71 | -0.1% |
| 39th | European Union | 49.82 | -0.5% |
| 40th | Cuba | 49.85 | -3.7% |
| 41st | Denmark | 50.05 | -0.8% |
| 42nd | Estonia | 50.28 | -0.4% |
| 43rd | Korea | 50.49 | -3.9% |
| 44th | Australia | 50.51 | -1.1% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 50.78 | -0.7% |
| 46th | Malta | 51.26 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Georgia | 51.50 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Hungary | 51.75 | 0.4% |
| 49th | France | 51.84 | -0.1% |
| 50th | Romania | 51.93 | -1.0% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | 52.03 | -0.5% |
| 52nd | United Kingdom | 52.38 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Greece | 52.42 | -1.5% |
| 54th | Gibraltar | 52.79 | -0.4% |
| 55th | Guam | 52.91 | -2.5% |
| 56th | Curaçao | 53.01 | -0.6% |
| 57th | New Zealand | 53.04 | -1.2% |
| 58th | British Virgin Islands | 53.21 | -4.1% |
| 59th | Spain | 53.26 | -1.6% |
| 60th | Cyprus | 53.33 | -0.1% |
| 61st | Barbados | 53.98 | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Poland | 54.02 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Monaco | 54.18 | 0.4% |
| 64th | Czechia | 54.26 | -0.3% |
| 65th | Armenia | 54.36 | 0.3% |
| 66th | Moldova | 54.54 | 1.5% |
| 67th | China | 54.70 | -3.1% |
| 68th | Portugal | 54.70 | -1.2% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 54.91 | -0.6% |
| 70th | Bahamas, The | 55.08 | -2.5% |
| 71st | Sweden | 55.10 | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Norway | 55.25 | -0.6% |
| 73rd | Mauritius | 56.00 | -0.9% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | 56.17 | 0.5% |
| 75th | Chile | 56.70 | -0.9% |
| 76th | Iceland | 56.79 | -0.5% |
| 77th | Faroe Islands | 57.39 | -0.8% |
| 78th | Virgin Islands (US) | 57.71 | -1.4% |
| 79th | Thailand | 58.33 | -3.5% |
| 80th | Azerbaijan | 58.54 | -0.6% |
| 81st | Tuvalu | 59.24 | 3.3% |
| 82nd | Uruguay | 59.60 | -0.1% |
| 83rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 60.40 | -1.4% |
| 84th | Antigua and Barbuda | 60.54 | 1.1% |
| 85th | Kuwait | 61.10 | -0.5% |
| 86th | Brunei Darussalam | 61.10 | -2.1% |
| 87th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 61.26 | -4.8% |
| 88th | Isle of Man | 61.90 | -1.3% |
| 89th | Kazakhstan | 63.36 | -1.2% |
| 90th | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.59 | 0.2% |
| 91st | Albania | 64.00 | -1.2% |
| 92nd | Argentina | 64.15 | 0.2% |
| 93rd | New Caledonia | 64.77 | -3.0% |
| 94th | Palau | 65.83 | -3.4% |
| 95th | Sri Lanka | 66.02 | -1.8% |
| 96th | Ireland | 66.02 | -1.3% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | 67.92 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Kosovo | 68.26 | -1.1% |
| 99th | French Polynesia | 68.68 | -1.4% |
| 100th | Brazil | 68.75 | -0.9% |
| 101st | Seychelles | 69.30 | -0.9% |
| 102nd | Colombia | 69.35 | -1.5% |
| 103rd | Grenada | 69.85 | -2.5% |
| 104th | Suriname | 70.33 | -1.4% |
| 105th | Israel | 70.39 | -0.5% |
| 106th | Lebanon | 70.85 | -1.0% |
| 107th | Malaysia | 70.96 | -0.4% |
| 108th | Fiji | 71.54 | -0.1% |
| 109th | Indonesia | 71.82 | -1.9% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 71.94 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Nauru | 71.99 | 2.6% |
| 112th | Panama | 72.21 | -1.7% |
| 113th | American Samoa | 72.33 | -0.8% |
| 114th | Myanmar | 72.71 | -1.1% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 73.12 | -1.7% |
| 116th | Dominica | 73.60 | -2.2% |
| 117th | Guyana | 73.60 | -2.5% |
| 118th | Timor-Leste | 74.29 | 1.8% |
| 119th | Kiribati | 74.78 | 0.3% |
| 120th | South Africa | 75.20 | -1.0% |
| 121st | India | 75.98 | -0.4% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | 76.09 | -0.8% |
| 123rd | Uzbekistan | 77.01 | -0.2% |
| 124th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 78.03 | -0.7% |
| 125th | Ecuador | 78.11 | -1.6% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 78.22 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Papua New Guinea | 79.83 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Turkmenistan | 79.87 | 0.3% |
| 129th | Peru | 80.07 | -1.5% |
| 130th | Jamaica | 80.17 | -1.5% |
| 131st | Equatorial Guinea | 80.41 | -0.6% |
| 132nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 80.77 | -0.4% |
| 133rd | Nepal | 81.06 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Morocco | 81.67 | -1.5% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 82.04 | -1.2% |
| 136th | Philippines | 82.18 | -0.6% |
| 137th | Paraguay | 82.24 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 82.42 | 0.0% |
| 139th | Mexico | 82.53 | -2.1% |
| 140th | Viet Nam | 82.71 | -0.5% |
| 141st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 82.78 | -1.7% |
| 142nd | Saudi Arabia | 83.43 | -0.3% |
| 143rd | Haiti | 83.94 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Cambodia | 84.14 | -0.1% |
| 145th | Bhutan | 84.48 | 0.1% |
| 146th | Tonga | 84.72 | -0.6% |
| 147th | Samoa | 84.73 | -1.7% |
| 148th | Mongolia | 86.32 | -1.1% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 87.10 | -0.3% |
| 150th | Eritrea | 87.14 | -0.4% |
| 151st | Sierra Leone | 87.29 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Lesotho | 87.55 | -1.0% |
| 153rd | Angola | 87.58 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Central African Republic | 87.72 | 0.2% |
| 155th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 87.84 | 0.9% |
| 156th | Pakistan | 88.63 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 88.63 | 0.2% |
| 158th | Liberia | 89.41 | 0.1% |
| 159th | Guinea | 89.55 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Algeria | 90.01 | -1.8% |
| 161st | Libya | 90.07 | -2.5% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | 90.39 | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Djibouti | 90.50 | -0.7% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 91.37 | -0.8% |
| 165th | Gabon | 91.54 | 0.7% |
| 166th | St. Lucia | 91.64 | -0.9% |
| 167th | Ghana | 92.09 | 0.4% |
| 168th | Congo, Republic of | 92.83 | -0.4% |
| 169th | Vanuatu | 93.07 | -0.4% |
| 170th | Maldives | 93.95 | 1.8% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 94.46 | -0.4% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 94.85 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | Guatemala | 94.94 | 0.1% |
| 174th | Nigeria | 94.95 | 0.3% |
| 175th | Togo | 95.27 | -0.5% |
| 176th | Belize | 96.04 | 0.2% |
| 177th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 96.06 | 0.8% |
| 178th | Mozambique | 96.10 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Niger | 96.42 | 0.0% |
| 180th | São Tomé and Principe | 96.44 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Botswana | 96.63 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Oman | 96.69 | -2.2% |
| 183rd | South Sudan | 96.71 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Malawi | 97.16 | 0.2% |
| 185th | Mali | 97.61 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | 97.77 | 0.5% |
| 187th | Gambia, The | 97.97 | 0.3% |
| 188th | Burkina Faso | 98.38 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 98.72 | 0.2% |
| 190th | Madagascar | 98.75 | -0.8% |
| 191st | Namibia | 98.87 | -2.0% |
| 192nd | Nicaragua | 98.88 | -0.3% |
| 193rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 99.00 | -1.0% |
| 194th | Benin | 99.10 | 0.1% |
| 195th | Honduras | 99.63 | -0.5% |
| 196th | Iraq | 100.22 | -1.1% |
| 197th | Senegal | 100.64 | 0.0% |
| 198th | Tanzania | 100.78 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Jordan | 101.00 | -1.4% |
| 200th | Burundi | 101.29 | 2.0% |
| 201st | Côte d'Ivoire | 101.82 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 102.33 | -0.8% |
| 203rd | Solomon Islands | 102.38 | -1.0% |
| 204th | Chad | 103.30 | -0.4% |
| 205th | Rwanda | 103.41 | 0.9% |
| 206th | Comoros | 104.16 | 0.0% |
| 207th | Zimbabwe | 104.16 | -0.7% |
| 208th | Cabo Verde | 104.35 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Guinea-Bissau | 104.37 | 0.2% |
| 210th | Uganda | 104.57 | 0.1% |
| 211th | Zambia | 107.50 | -0.6% |
| 212th | Eswatini | 109.22 | -0.4% |
| 213th | Kenya | 109.36 | -0.8% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 113.79 | 1.0% |
| 215th | Marshall Islands | 115.94 | 0.3% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1986?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1986 was 79.83. This ranked 127th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 1986?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 0.0% in 1986 compared to 1985.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1986?▾
Marshall Islands had the highest dependency ratio in 1986 at 115.94.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1986?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1986 was 79.83. This ranked 127th globally.
How does 1986 compare to 1985 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 79.86 in 1985 to 79.83 in 1986, a 0.0% decrease.
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