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Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 1987

Name: Papua New Guinea Dependency Ratio 1987
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

79.78 −0.05 from 1986 Global rank: 129th

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 79.78 in 1987, decreased +0.05 from 79.83 in 1986. This was the 129th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1987▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 1987
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Northern Mariana Islands	37.50	-5.0%
2nd	Singapore	38.60	-1.5%
3rd	Andorra	38.61	-0.3%
4th	Qatar	39.27	0.9%
5th	Greenland	39.52	0.8%
6th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.50	-4.3%
7th	Liechtenstein	41.94	-0.8%
8th	St. Martin (French part)	42.17	-2.0%
9th	Bermuda	42.26	-1.3%
10th	Serbia	43.25	0.6%
11th	Luxembourg	43.35	-0.3%
12th	Cayman Islands	43.36	-3.1%
13th	San Marino	43.52	-0.5%
14th	Hong Kong SAR, China	43.81	-1.0%
15th	Germany	43.85	0.0%
16th	Channel Islands	44.50	-0.6%
17th	Netherlands	45.07	-0.9%
18th	Japan	45.51	-1.8%
19th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.78	-0.6%
20th	Croatia	45.93	0.0%
21st	Switzerland	46.06	-0.3%
22nd	Canada	46.21	0.4%
23rd	Slovenia	46.50	-1.5%
24th	Macao SAR, China	46.64	0.2%
25th	Italy	47.02	-1.1%
26th	Finland	47.43	0.7%
27th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	47.53	-3.7%
28th	United Arab Emirates	47.68	0.1%
29th	Austria	47.76	-0.1%
30th	Russian Federation	47.90	0.4%
31st	Cuba	48.16	-3.4%
32nd	Belgium	48.28	0.1%
33rd	Aruba	48.54	-2.2%
34th	Korea	48.61	-3.7%
35th	Belarus	49.08	0.6%
36th	Latvia	49.15	0.2%
37th	Lithuania	49.51	0.1%
38th	Denmark	49.52	-1.1%
39th	European Union	49.62	-0.4%
40th	Ukraine	49.66	0.5%
41st	United States	49.89	0.4%
42nd	Bulgaria	49.93	0.8%
43rd	Australia	50.01	-1.0%
44th	Estonia	50.35	0.1%
45th	Montenegro	50.55	-0.5%
46th	Malta	51.28	0.0%
47th	British Virgin Islands	51.35	-3.5%
48th	Greece	51.56	-1.6%
49th	Georgia	51.61	0.2%
50th	France	51.70	-0.3%
51st	Romania	51.80	-0.3%
52nd	North Macedonia	51.82	-0.4%
53rd	Guam	51.88	-1.9%
54th	Hungary	51.94	0.4%
55th	United Kingdom	52.37	0.0%
56th	Gibraltar	52.43	-0.7%
57th	New Zealand	52.46	-1.1%
58th	Spain	52.47	-1.5%
59th	Curaçao	52.88	-0.3%
60th	Cyprus	53.19	-0.3%
61st	China	53.49	-2.2%
62nd	Bahamas, The	53.92	-2.1%
63rd	Barbados	53.96	0.0%
64th	Portugal	53.97	-1.3%
65th	Czechia	54.01	-0.5%
66th	Poland	54.21	0.3%
67th	Monaco	54.30	0.2%
68th	Armenia	54.56	0.4%
69th	Norway	54.79	-0.8%
70th	Bahrain	54.80	-0.2%
71st	Sweden	55.21	0.2%
72nd	Moldova	55.24	1.3%
73rd	Mauritius	55.55	-0.8%
74th	Iceland	56.21	-1.0%
75th	Chile	56.28	-0.8%
76th	Slovak Republic	56.35	0.3%
77th	Thailand	56.36	-3.4%
78th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.91	-1.4%
79th	Faroe Islands	56.96	-0.7%
80th	Azerbaijan	58.29	-0.4%
81st	Turks and Caicos Islands	59.01	-3.7%
82nd	Puerto Rico (US)	59.57	-1.4%
83rd	Uruguay	59.61	0.0%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	60.19	-1.5%
85th	Isle of Man	60.81	-1.8%
86th	Tuvalu	61.12	3.2%
87th	Antigua and Barbuda	61.15	1.0%
88th	Kuwait	61.55	0.7%
89th	Kazakhstan	62.08	-2.0%
90th	Palau	62.76	-4.7%
91st	New Caledonia	62.92	-2.9%
92nd	Albania	63.07	-1.5%
93rd	Trinidad and Tobago	63.46	-0.2%
94th	Argentina	64.22	0.1%
95th	Sri Lanka	64.75	-1.9%
96th	Ireland	65.26	-1.2%
97th	French Polynesia	67.87	-1.2%
98th	Kosovo	67.92	-0.5%
99th	Costa Rica	68.03	0.2%
100th	Brazil	68.09	-1.0%
101st	Grenada	68.43	-2.0%
102nd	Colombia	68.43	-1.3%
103rd	Seychelles	68.67	-0.9%
104th	Suriname	69.55	-1.1%
105th	Israel	69.91	-0.7%
106th	Lebanon	70.19	-0.9%
107th	Indonesia	70.39	-2.0%
108th	Malaysia	70.67	-0.4%
109th	Panama	70.96	-1.7%
110th	Fiji	71.50	-0.1%
111th	Myanmar	71.74	-1.3%
112th	American Samoa	71.84	-0.7%
113th	Türkiye	71.87	-1.7%
114th	Guyana	72.02	-2.2%
115th	Kyrgyz Republic	72.20	0.4%
116th	Dominica	72.42	-1.6%
117th	Nauru	73.71	2.4%
118th	South Africa	74.40	-1.1%
119th	Kiribati	75.24	0.6%
120th	Tunisia	75.42	-0.9%
121st	India	75.65	-0.4%
122nd	Timor-Leste	75.76	2.0%
123rd	Ecuador	76.85	-1.6%
124th	Uzbekistan	76.92	-0.1%
125th	Dominican Republic	77.10	-1.4%
126th	St. Kitts and Nevis	77.68	-0.4%
127th	Peru	78.90	-1.5%
128th	Jamaica	79.04	-1.4%
129th	Papua New Guinea	79.78	-0.1%
130th	Turkmenistan	80.26	0.5%
131st	Morocco	80.37	-1.6%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	80.50	-0.3%
133rd	Equatorial Guinea	80.76	0.4%
134th	Mexico	80.79	-2.1%
135th	El Salvador	81.10	-1.1%
136th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	81.40	-1.7%
137th	Nepal	81.48	0.5%
138th	Philippines	81.67	-0.6%
139th	Viet Nam	81.91	-1.0%
140th	Paraguay	82.31	0.1%
141st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	82.39	0.0%
142nd	Saudi Arabia	82.97	-0.6%
143rd	Samoa	83.87	-1.0%
144th	Cambodia	83.99	-0.2%
145th	Haiti	84.06	0.1%
146th	Tonga	84.11	-0.7%
147th	Bhutan	84.53	0.1%
148th	Mongolia	85.52	-0.9%
149th	Lesotho	86.95	-0.7%
150th	Tajikistan	87.16	0.1%
151st	Eritrea	87.34	0.2%
152nd	Sierra Leone	87.59	0.3%
153rd	Libya	87.75	-2.6%
154th	Central African Republic	88.04	0.4%
155th	Angola	88.19	0.7%
156th	Algeria	88.25	-2.0%
157th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	88.51	0.8%
158th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	88.87	0.3%
159th	Pakistan	89.06	0.5%
160th	Liberia	89.44	0.0%
161st	Guinea	89.73	0.2%
162nd	Djibouti	89.82	-0.7%
163rd	Lao PDR	90.24	-0.2%
164th	Bangladesh	90.25	-1.2%
165th	St. Lucia	90.60	-1.1%
166th	Gabon	92.05	0.6%
167th	Congo, Republic of	92.39	-0.5%
168th	Ghana	92.44	0.4%
169th	Vanuatu	92.57	-0.5%
170th	Oman	94.02	-2.8%
171st	Mauritania	94.09	-0.4%
172nd	Togo	94.74	-0.6%
173rd	Sudan	94.93	0.1%
174th	Nigeria	95.01	0.1%
175th	Guatemala	95.05	0.1%
176th	Maldives	95.69	1.8%
177th	Belize	95.76	-0.3%
178th	Mozambique	96.06	0.0%
179th	Niger	96.39	0.0%
180th	Botswana	96.42	-0.2%
181st	Namibia	96.78	-2.1%
182nd	São Tomé and Principe	96.85	0.4%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	96.85	0.8%
184th	Malawi	96.92	-0.2%
185th	South Sudan	97.31	0.6%
186th	Micronesia, Federated States of	97.83	-1.2%
187th	Madagascar	97.84	-0.9%
188th	Gambia, The	98.22	0.3%
189th	Afghanistan	98.22	0.5%
190th	Nicaragua	98.44	-0.4%
191st	Cameroon	98.90	0.2%
192nd	Honduras	99.03	-0.6%
193rd	Iraq	99.09	-1.1%
194th	Mali	99.10	1.5%
195th	Benin	99.15	0.0%
196th	Burkina Faso	99.35	1.0%
197th	Jordan	99.58	-1.4%
198th	Tanzania	99.60	-1.2%
199th	Senegal	100.37	-0.3%
200th	Solomon Islands	101.05	-1.3%
201st	Syrian Arab Republic	101.47	-0.8%
202nd	Côte d'Ivoire	101.96	0.1%
203rd	Chad	102.22	-1.0%
204th	Burundi	102.46	1.2%
205th	Cabo Verde	103.52	-0.8%
206th	Zimbabwe	104.05	-0.1%
207th	Rwanda	104.15	0.7%
208th	Comoros	104.17	0.0%
209th	Guinea-Bissau	104.37	0.0%
210th	Uganda	104.62	0.0%
211th	Zambia	106.84	-0.6%
212th	Eswatini	108.24	-0.9%
213th	Kenya	108.54	-0.8%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	114.77	0.9%
215th	Marshall Islands	116.23	0.2%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1987?▾

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1987 was 79.78. This ranked 129th globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 1987?▾

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 0.1% in 1987 compared to 1986.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1987?▾

Marshall Islands had the highest dependency ratio in 1987 at 116.23.

What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1987?▾

The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1987 was 79.78. This ranked 129th globally.

How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 79.83 in 1986 to 79.78 in 1987, a 0.1% decrease.

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