Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 1988
79.72
−0.07 from 1987
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 79.72 in 1988, decreased +0.07 from 79.78 in 1987. This was the 131st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.13 | -3.6% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 37.98 | -1.6% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 38.23 | -1.0% |
| 4th | Qatar | 39.40 | 0.3% |
| 5th | Greenland | 40.19 | 1.7% |
| 6th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 40.20 | -3.1% |
| 7th | Bermuda | 41.35 | -2.2% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 41.53 | -1.0% |
| 9th | St. Martin (French part) | 42.03 | -0.3% |
| 10th | Cayman Islands | 42.11 | -2.9% |
| 11th | San Marino | 43.10 | -1.0% |
| 12th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 43.35 | -1.0% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 43.53 | 0.4% |
| 14th | Serbia | 43.55 | 0.7% |
| 15th | Germany | 44.05 | 0.5% |
| 16th | Channel Islands | 44.31 | -0.4% |
| 17th | Japan | 44.62 | -2.0% |
| 18th | Netherlands | 44.93 | -0.3% |
| 19th | Macao SAR, China | 45.00 | -3.5% |
| 20th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.54 | -0.5% |
| 21st | Croatia | 45.89 | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 46.05 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 46.14 | -2.9% |
| 24th | Slovenia | 46.35 | -0.3% |
| 25th | Canada | 46.44 | 0.5% |
| 26th | Italy | 46.62 | -0.9% |
| 27th | Cuba | 46.81 | -2.8% |
| 28th | United Arab Emirates | 46.88 | -1.7% |
| 29th | Korea | 46.98 | -3.4% |
| 30th | Aruba | 47.74 | -1.7% |
| 31st | Finland | 47.88 | 1.0% |
| 32nd | Austria | 47.89 | 0.3% |
| 33rd | Russian Federation | 48.25 | 0.7% |
| 34th | Belgium | 48.51 | 0.5% |
| 35th | Denmark | 49.09 | -0.9% |
| 36th | Latvia | 49.40 | 0.5% |
| 37th | European Union | 49.48 | -0.3% |
| 38th | Australia | 49.68 | -0.7% |
| 39th | Belarus | 49.70 | 1.3% |
| 40th | British Virgin Islands | 49.96 | -2.7% |
| 41st | Ukraine | 50.00 | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 50.21 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 50.27 | 1.5% |
| 44th | United States | 50.28 | 0.8% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 50.41 | -0.3% |
| 46th | Estonia | 50.60 | 0.5% |
| 47th | Greece | 50.71 | -1.7% |
| 48th | Guam | 51.21 | -1.3% |
| 49th | Malta | 51.27 | 0.0% |
| 50th | France | 51.58 | -0.2% |
| 51st | Spain | 51.69 | -1.5% |
| 52nd | North Macedonia | 51.71 | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Romania | 51.76 | -0.1% |
| 54th | Georgia | 51.77 | 0.3% |
| 55th | Gibraltar | 51.99 | -0.8% |
| 56th | Hungary | 52.02 | 0.1% |
| 57th | New Zealand | 52.08 | -0.7% |
| 58th | China | 52.55 | -1.8% |
| 59th | Curaçao | 52.84 | -0.1% |
| 60th | United Kingdom | 52.88 | 1.0% |
| 61st | Bahamas, The | 53.00 | -1.7% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 53.03 | -0.3% |
| 63rd | Portugal | 53.19 | -1.4% |
| 64th | Czechia | 53.49 | -1.0% |
| 65th | Barbados | 54.01 | 0.1% |
| 66th | Monaco | 54.26 | -0.1% |
| 67th | Poland | 54.32 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Norway | 54.46 | -0.6% |
| 69th | Thailand | 54.50 | -3.3% |
| 70th | Armenia | 54.84 | 0.5% |
| 71st | Bahrain | 54.89 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Mauritius | 55.07 | -0.9% |
| 73rd | Sweden | 55.27 | 0.1% |
| 74th | Iceland | 55.49 | -1.3% |
| 75th | Moldova | 55.81 | 1.0% |
| 76th | Chile | 55.97 | -0.5% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.03 | -1.5% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 56.26 | -0.2% |
| 79th | Faroe Islands | 56.61 | -0.6% |
| 80th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 57.15 | -3.2% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | 58.47 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 58.86 | -1.2% |
| 83rd | Uruguay | 59.60 | 0.0% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 59.64 | -0.9% |
| 85th | Isle of Man | 59.71 | -1.8% |
| 86th | Palau | 60.24 | -4.0% |
| 87th | Kazakhstan | 60.83 | -2.0% |
| 88th | New Caledonia | 61.23 | -2.7% |
| 89th | Kuwait | 61.71 | 0.3% |
| 90th | Antigua and Barbuda | 61.81 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Albania | 62.35 | -1.1% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.04 | -0.7% |
| 93rd | Tuvalu | 63.09 | 3.2% |
| 94th | Sri Lanka | 63.60 | -1.8% |
| 95th | Argentina | 64.24 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Ireland | 64.58 | -1.0% |
| 97th | French Polynesia | 67.26 | -0.9% |
| 98th | Brazil | 67.33 | -1.1% |
| 99th | Grenada | 67.42 | -1.5% |
| 100th | Colombia | 67.59 | -1.2% |
| 101st | Seychelles | 67.67 | -1.5% |
| 102nd | Costa Rica | 68.14 | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Kosovo | 68.66 | 1.1% |
| 104th | Suriname | 68.97 | -0.8% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 69.01 | -2.0% |
| 106th | Israel | 69.51 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Lebanon | 69.56 | -0.9% |
| 108th | Panama | 69.78 | -1.7% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 70.24 | -0.6% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 70.64 | -1.7% |
| 111th | Myanmar | 70.65 | -1.5% |
| 112th | Guyana | 70.73 | -1.8% |
| 113th | American Samoa | 71.40 | -0.6% |
| 114th | Fiji | 71.49 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Dominica | 71.78 | -0.9% |
| 116th | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.71 | 0.7% |
| 117th | South Africa | 73.55 | -1.1% |
| 118th | Tunisia | 74.50 | -1.2% |
| 119th | Nauru | 75.12 | 1.9% |
| 120th | India | 75.23 | -0.5% |
| 121st | Ecuador | 75.65 | -1.6% |
| 122nd | Kiribati | 75.85 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 76.02 | -1.4% |
| 124th | Uzbekistan | 76.73 | -0.2% |
| 125th | Timor-Leste | 77.44 | 2.2% |
| 126th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 77.62 | -0.1% |
| 127th | Peru | 77.73 | -1.5% |
| 128th | Jamaica | 77.85 | -1.5% |
| 129th | Morocco | 79.02 | -1.7% |
| 130th | Mexico | 79.14 | -2.0% |
| 131st | Papua New Guinea | 79.72 | -0.1% |
| 132nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 80.15 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 80.25 | -0.3% |
| 134th | El Salvador | 80.59 | -0.6% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | 80.67 | 0.5% |
| 136th | Viet Nam | 80.70 | -1.5% |
| 137th | Philippines | 81.22 | -0.5% |
| 138th | Equatorial Guinea | 81.53 | 1.0% |
| 139th | Nepal | 81.97 | 0.6% |
| 140th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 82.27 | -0.1% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 82.45 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Saudi Arabia | 82.62 | -0.4% |
| 143rd | Tonga | 83.34 | -0.9% |
| 144th | Samoa | 83.39 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Haiti | 84.14 | 0.1% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 84.50 | 0.0% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 84.75 | 0.9% |
| 148th | Mongolia | 84.77 | -0.9% |
| 149th | Libya | 85.36 | -2.7% |
| 150th | Algeria | 86.40 | -2.1% |
| 151st | Tajikistan | 87.53 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | St. Lucia | 87.64 | -3.3% |
| 153rd | Lesotho | 87.85 | 1.0% |
| 154th | Sierra Leone | 87.86 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Eritrea | 88.02 | 0.8% |
| 156th | Central African Republic | 88.57 | 0.6% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | 88.86 | -1.5% |
| 158th | Angola | 88.88 | 0.8% |
| 159th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 89.10 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Djibouti | 89.13 | -0.8% |
| 161st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 89.28 | 0.9% |
| 162nd | Liberia | 89.29 | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 89.52 | 0.5% |
| 164th | Guinea | 89.91 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Lao PDR | 90.10 | -0.2% |
| 166th | Oman | 91.04 | -3.2% |
| 167th | Congo, Republic of | 91.92 | -0.5% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | 91.99 | -0.6% |
| 169th | Ghana | 92.42 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Gabon | 92.44 | 0.4% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 93.74 | -0.4% |
| 172nd | Togo | 94.14 | -0.6% |
| 173rd | South Sudan | 94.31 | -3.1% |
| 174th | Namibia | 94.41 | -2.4% |
| 175th | Nigeria | 94.86 | -0.2% |
| 176th | Sudan | 95.15 | 0.2% |
| 177th | Guatemala | 95.18 | 0.1% |
| 178th | Belize | 95.25 | -0.5% |
| 179th | Mozambique | 95.78 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Botswana | 95.91 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Niger | 96.29 | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Malawi | 96.72 | -0.2% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 96.96 | -0.9% |
| 184th | Maldives | 96.99 | 1.4% |
| 185th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 97.05 | -0.8% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 97.07 | 0.2% |
| 187th | Nicaragua | 97.78 | -0.7% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 97.86 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Iraq | 97.99 | -1.1% |
| 190th | Jordan | 98.14 | -1.4% |
| 191st | Gambia, The | 98.43 | 0.2% |
| 192nd | Honduras | 98.53 | -0.5% |
| 193rd | Tanzania | 98.61 | -1.0% |
| 194th | Afghanistan | 98.67 | 0.5% |
| 195th | Cameroon | 99.09 | 0.2% |
| 196th | Benin | 99.18 | 0.0% |
| 197th | Solomon Islands | 99.53 | -1.5% |
| 198th | Senegal | 99.89 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | 100.22 | 0.9% |
| 200th | Mali | 100.46 | 1.4% |
| 201st | Syrian Arab Republic | 100.49 | -1.0% |
| 202nd | Chad | 101.60 | -0.6% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 101.88 | -0.1% |
| 204th | Cabo Verde | 102.80 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Burundi | 103.65 | 1.2% |
| 206th | Zimbabwe | 103.94 | -0.1% |
| 207th | Guinea-Bissau | 104.18 | -0.2% |
| 208th | Comoros | 104.19 | 0.0% |
| 209th | Rwanda | 104.64 | 0.5% |
| 210th | Uganda | 104.75 | 0.1% |
| 211th | Eswatini | 105.57 | -2.5% |
| 212th | Zambia | 106.26 | -0.5% |
| 213th | Kenya | 107.66 | -0.8% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 115.61 | 0.7% |
| 215th | Marshall Islands | 115.97 | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1988?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1988 was 79.72. This ranked 131st globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 1988?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 0.1% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1988?▾
Marshall Islands had the highest dependency ratio in 1988 at 115.97.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1988?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1988 was 79.72. This ranked 131st globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 79.78 in 1987 to 79.72 in 1988, a 0.1% decrease.
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