Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 1991
79.12
−0.37 from 1990
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 79.12 in 1991, decreased +0.37 from 79.49 in 1990. This was the 134th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 36.24 | -4.4% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 36.71 | -0.8% |
| 3rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 37.61 | 6.0% |
| 4th | Cayman Islands | 38.38 | -3.3% |
| 5th | Qatar | 38.66 | -0.8% |
| 6th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 39.30 | 0.3% |
| 7th | Bermuda | 40.37 | 0.5% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 40.82 | -0.2% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 42.16 | -0.8% |
| 10th | San Marino | 42.28 | -0.2% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 42.56 | -3.5% |
| 12th | Japan | 42.94 | -0.7% |
| 13th | Korea | 43.34 | -2.2% |
| 14th | Greenland | 43.34 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | 44.36 | 0.6% |
| 16th | Macao SAR, China | 44.44 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Serbia | 44.47 | 0.8% |
| 18th | Cuba | 44.88 | -0.8% |
| 19th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 44.91 | -0.1% |
| 20th | Luxembourg | 44.96 | 1.3% |
| 21st | Italy | 45.12 | -1.5% |
| 22nd | Germany | 45.26 | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.28 | 0.1% |
| 24th | Netherlands | 45.43 | 0.5% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 45.45 | -1.0% |
| 26th | St. Martin (French part) | 45.55 | 5.1% |
| 27th | Croatia | 45.82 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 46.56 | 0.4% |
| 29th | Canada | 47.31 | 0.7% |
| 30th | British Virgin Islands | 48.08 | -0.8% |
| 31st | Austria | 48.23 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | Denmark | 48.24 | -0.5% |
| 33rd | Finland | 48.78 | 0.4% |
| 34th | European Union | 49.02 | -0.3% |
| 35th | Spain | 49.11 | -1.8% |
| 36th | Gibraltar | 49.22 | -1.8% |
| 37th | Greece | 49.26 | -0.2% |
| 38th | Russian Federation | 49.41 | 0.8% |
| 39th | Australia | 49.62 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Hungary | 49.90 | -1.6% |
| 41st | Thailand | 49.90 | -2.7% |
| 42nd | Belgium | 49.91 | 1.1% |
| 43rd | Aruba | 50.24 | 3.8% |
| 44th | Bulgaria | 50.30 | -0.1% |
| 45th | Latvia | 50.41 | 1.5% |
| 46th | Czechia | 50.42 | -2.0% |
| 47th | Portugal | 50.53 | -1.9% |
| 48th | Romania | 50.55 | -1.3% |
| 49th | Lithuania | 50.58 | 0.8% |
| 50th | Montenegro | 50.63 | 0.2% |
| 51st | Ukraine | 50.98 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Malta | 51.01 | -0.3% |
| 53rd | North Macedonia | 51.29 | -0.4% |
| 54th | Belarus | 51.35 | 1.0% |
| 55th | Estonia | 51.36 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 51.64 | -0.5% |
| 57th | United States | 51.65 | 0.8% |
| 58th | China | 51.75 | -0.2% |
| 59th | France | 52.17 | 0.7% |
| 60th | New Zealand | 52.31 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Guam | 52.32 | 1.6% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 52.53 | -0.4% |
| 63rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 52.65 | -2.3% |
| 64th | Barbados | 53.12 | -1.4% |
| 65th | Virgin Islands (US) | 53.18 | -1.2% |
| 66th | Curaçao | 53.21 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Monaco | 53.25 | 0.3% |
| 68th | Georgia | 53.26 | 1.4% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 53.51 | -1.0% |
| 70th | Poland | 53.68 | -0.7% |
| 71st | Slovak Republic | 54.27 | -1.4% |
| 72nd | United Kingdom | 54.34 | 0.8% |
| 73rd | Palau | 54.51 | -3.3% |
| 74th | Norway | 54.55 | 0.2% |
| 75th | Iceland | 55.16 | -0.2% |
| 76th | Armenia | 55.61 | 1.5% |
| 77th | Bahrain | 55.67 | 0.3% |
| 78th | Chile | 55.80 | 0.1% |
| 79th | Sweden | 55.94 | 0.7% |
| 80th | Moldova | 56.71 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Puerto Rico (US) | 57.22 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | Faroe Islands | 57.72 | 1.5% |
| 83rd | Isle of Man | 57.82 | -0.6% |
| 84th | New Caledonia | 58.50 | -1.8% |
| 85th | Brunei Darussalam | 58.67 | -0.1% |
| 86th | Uruguay | 59.04 | -0.4% |
| 87th | Kuwait | 59.15 | -2.9% |
| 88th | Kazakhstan | 59.75 | -0.2% |
| 89th | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.78 | -1.5% |
| 90th | Sri Lanka | 60.82 | -1.5% |
| 91st | Albania | 61.08 | -0.7% |
| 92nd | Ireland | 61.24 | -2.1% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 61.64 | 1.4% |
| 94th | Antigua and Barbuda | 62.91 | -0.7% |
| 95th | Seychelles | 63.55 | -2.0% |
| 96th | Argentina | 63.91 | -0.2% |
| 97th | Brazil | 64.58 | -1.5% |
| 98th | Indonesia | 65.20 | -1.9% |
| 99th | Colombia | 65.43 | -1.0% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 65.98 | -0.6% |
| 101st | Panama | 66.74 | -1.4% |
| 102nd | Grenada | 66.79 | 0.3% |
| 103rd | Israel | 66.89 | -1.8% |
| 104th | Türkiye | 67.00 | -1.8% |
| 105th | Costa Rica | 67.62 | -0.6% |
| 106th | Myanmar | 67.63 | -1.4% |
| 107th | Suriname | 67.85 | -0.5% |
| 108th | Malaysia | 68.01 | -1.3% |
| 109th | Tuvalu | 68.47 | 2.5% |
| 110th | Guyana | 68.51 | -0.8% |
| 111th | Lebanon | 68.52 | -0.6% |
| 112th | Kosovo | 70.23 | -0.9% |
| 113th | Tunisia | 70.41 | -2.1% |
| 114th | Fiji | 70.81 | -0.7% |
| 115th | South Africa | 70.85 | -0.9% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 71.59 | 0.8% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 72.84 | -1.1% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 73.30 | -1.1% |
| 119th | Dominica | 73.31 | 0.8% |
| 120th | India | 73.64 | -0.8% |
| 121st | Kyrgyz Republic | 74.02 | 0.7% |
| 122nd | Mexico | 74.11 | -2.3% |
| 123rd | Peru | 74.32 | -1.5% |
| 124th | Jamaica | 74.63 | -1.3% |
| 125th | Morocco | 74.79 | -1.8% |
| 126th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.16 | -2.3% |
| 127th | Uzbekistan | 76.93 | 0.4% |
| 128th | St. Lucia | 77.21 | -2.9% |
| 129th | Viet Nam | 77.28 | -1.4% |
| 130th | Libya | 77.28 | -3.5% |
| 131st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 77.37 | -0.9% |
| 132nd | Kiribati | 78.16 | 1.1% |
| 133rd | Nauru | 78.99 | 1.4% |
| 134th | Papua New Guinea | 79.12 | -0.5% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 79.54 | -0.3% |
| 136th | El Salvador | 80.25 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 80.31 | -1.1% |
| 138th | Timor-Leste | 80.41 | 0.7% |
| 139th | Philippines | 80.43 | -0.3% |
| 140th | Algeria | 80.70 | -2.2% |
| 141st | Mongolia | 80.86 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Saudi Arabia | 80.90 | -0.9% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | 81.11 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Oman | 81.52 | -3.8% |
| 145th | Samoa | 82.03 | -0.6% |
| 146th | Tonga | 82.29 | -0.2% |
| 147th | Nepal | 82.31 | -0.1% |
| 148th | Paraguay | 82.88 | 0.1% |
| 149th | Jordan | 83.20 | -7.4% |
| 150th | Namibia | 83.97 | -0.5% |
| 151st | Haiti | 84.03 | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 84.13 | -0.2% |
| 153rd | Bangladesh | 84.32 | -1.9% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 84.36 | 1.1% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 87.10 | -0.7% |
| 156th | Sierra Leone | 88.38 | 0.2% |
| 157th | Lesotho | 88.90 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 89.32 | -0.6% |
| 159th | Liberia | 89.33 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 89.73 | 0.2% |
| 161st | Congo, Republic of | 89.82 | -0.8% |
| 162nd | Lao PDR | 89.83 | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Eritrea | 90.09 | 0.5% |
| 164th | Vanuatu | 90.17 | -0.7% |
| 165th | Cambodia | 90.29 | 3.0% |
| 166th | Tajikistan | 90.42 | 1.0% |
| 167th | Pakistan | 90.61 | 0.3% |
| 168th | Guinea | 90.65 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Angola | 91.01 | 0.8% |
| 170th | Central African Republic | 91.52 | 1.1% |
| 171st | South Sudan | 91.61 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 91.65 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Togo | 91.86 | -0.9% |
| 174th | Botswana | 92.15 | -1.6% |
| 175th | Gabon | 92.76 | -0.1% |
| 176th | Belize | 92.99 | -1.0% |
| 177th | Nigeria | 93.46 | -0.6% |
| 178th | Mauritania | 93.69 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Nicaragua | 94.26 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Mozambique | 94.52 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Iraq | 94.62 | -1.1% |
| 182nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 94.76 | -1.1% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 94.77 | -0.7% |
| 184th | Solomon Islands | 94.92 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Guatemala | 95.10 | -0.1% |
| 186th | Niger | 95.82 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Honduras | 96.25 | -1.0% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 96.54 | -0.7% |
| 189th | Sudan | 96.56 | 0.5% |
| 190th | Syrian Arab Republic | 96.62 | -1.5% |
| 191st | São Tomé and Principe | 97.33 | 0.2% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 97.43 | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Senegal | 97.58 | -0.9% |
| 194th | Eswatini | 98.29 | -2.3% |
| 195th | Zimbabwe | 98.69 | -2.1% |
| 196th | Benin | 98.84 | -0.2% |
| 197th | Gambia, The | 98.93 | 0.1% |
| 198th | Cameroon | 99.15 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Maldives | 99.40 | 0.7% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 99.74 | -0.5% |
| 201st | Côte d'Ivoire | 100.15 | -0.8% |
| 202nd | Afghanistan | 100.33 | 0.7% |
| 203rd | Cabo Verde | 101.07 | -0.6% |
| 204th | Chad | 101.88 | -0.4% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 102.02 | 0.5% |
| 206th | Guinea-Bissau | 102.36 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Mali | 102.55 | 0.4% |
| 208th | Comoros | 104.15 | 0.0% |
| 209th | Kenya | 104.49 | -1.0% |
| 210th | Zambia | 104.71 | -0.5% |
| 211th | West Bank and Gaza | 104.79 | -0.1% |
| 212th | Rwanda | 105.12 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Uganda | 105.56 | 0.3% |
| 214th | Burundi | 107.06 | 0.7% |
| 215th | Marshall Islands | 110.18 | -2.2% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 117.27 | 0.3% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1991?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 1991 was 79.12. This ranked 134th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 1991?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 0.5% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 1991?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest dependency ratio in 1991 at 117.27.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1991?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 1991 was 79.12. This ranked 134th globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 79.49 in 1990 to 79.12 in 1991, a 0.5% decrease.
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