Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 2004
71.31
−0.73 from 2003
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 71.31 in 2004, decreased +0.73 from 72.04 in 2003. This was the 148th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2004▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | 24.20 | -2.1% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 30.48 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 32.66 | -1.1% |
| 4th | Cayman Islands | 32.90 | -1.0% |
| 5th | Macao SAR, China | 33.65 | -6.5% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 37.01 | -6.4% |
| 7th | Andorra | 37.33 | -4.0% |
| 8th | Kuwait | 37.47 | -4.1% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 37.48 | -1.6% |
| 10th | Northern Mariana Islands | 37.75 | 3.2% |
| 11th | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.66 | -2.9% |
| 12th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 38.72 | -1.6% |
| 13th | British Virgin Islands | 39.31 | -2.9% |
| 14th | Korea | 39.53 | 0.0% |
| 15th | China | 40.69 | -3.3% |
| 16th | Czechia | 40.70 | -1.3% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 40.71 | -0.1% |
| 18th | Slovak Republic | 40.75 | -2.0% |
| 19th | Russian Federation | 40.93 | -0.4% |
| 20th | Slovenia | 41.93 | -0.2% |
| 21st | Palau | 42.29 | 0.6% |
| 22nd | Thailand | 42.36 | -0.6% |
| 23rd | Aruba | 42.69 | -0.4% |
| 24th | Poland | 42.93 | -1.7% |
| 25th | Ukraine | 43.28 | -0.5% |
| 26th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 43.32 | -1.9% |
| 27th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.41 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Brunei Darussalam | 43.67 | -3.1% |
| 29th | Moldova | 43.71 | -3.4% |
| 30th | Belarus | 44.02 | -1.7% |
| 31st | Cuba | 44.25 | -0.8% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 44.32 | -1.8% |
| 33rd | Mauritius | 44.43 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Greenland | 44.47 | -1.4% |
| 35th | Bermuda | 44.54 | 0.8% |
| 36th | Canada | 44.82 | -0.9% |
| 37th | Romania | 45.07 | -1.2% |
| 38th | Spain | 45.22 | -1.0% |
| 39th | Malta | 45.24 | -1.2% |
| 40th | Hungary | 45.29 | -0.5% |
| 41st | Bulgaria | 45.37 | -1.3% |
| 42nd | San Marino | 45.59 | 1.0% |
| 43rd | Channel Islands | 46.41 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Latvia | 46.42 | -0.7% |
| 45th | Ireland | 46.81 | -0.7% |
| 46th | Austria | 46.98 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Estonia | 47.06 | -0.6% |
| 48th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 47.08 | -5.5% |
| 49th | Switzerland | 47.26 | -0.5% |
| 50th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 47.38 | 0.2% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | 47.47 | -1.2% |
| 52nd | Azerbaijan | 48.03 | -3.6% |
| 53rd | Netherlands | 48.05 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Sri Lanka | 48.11 | -0.3% |
| 55th | Kazakhstan | 48.14 | -1.3% |
| 56th | Serbia | 48.28 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Barbados | 48.35 | -0.8% |
| 58th | European Union | 48.46 | 0.0% |
| 59th | United States | 48.50 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Luxembourg | 48.64 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Australia | 48.65 | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Tunisia | 48.74 | -3.0% |
| 63rd | Seychelles | 48.95 | -2.4% |
| 64th | Armenia | 48.99 | -2.0% |
| 65th | Lithuania | 49.20 | -0.5% |
| 66th | Germany | 49.30 | 1.3% |
| 67th | Portugal | 49.37 | 0.7% |
| 68th | Montenegro | 49.60 | 0.5% |
| 69th | St. Martin (French part) | 49.82 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Brazil | 49.83 | -1.8% |
| 71st | Croatia | 49.85 | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Finland | 49.85 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | Greece | 49.92 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Japan | 50.29 | 1.9% |
| 75th | Italy | 50.34 | 1.0% |
| 76th | Antigua and Barbuda | 50.47 | -2.1% |
| 77th | Chile | 50.62 | -1.8% |
| 78th | New Zealand | 50.85 | -1.0% |
| 79th | Denmark | 51.05 | 0.4% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 51.37 | -0.5% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 51.43 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 51.54 | -3.5% |
| 83rd | Georgia | 51.65 | -0.5% |
| 84th | French Polynesia | 51.78 | -1.9% |
| 85th | Iceland | 52.07 | -1.2% |
| 86th | United Kingdom | 52.22 | -0.3% |
| 87th | Curaçao | 52.29 | -2.2% |
| 88th | Mongolia | 52.31 | -4.3% |
| 89th | Isle of Man | 52.37 | -0.6% |
| 90th | Gibraltar | 52.40 | 0.8% |
| 91st | Algeria | 52.45 | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Belgium | 52.46 | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Norway | 52.76 | -0.7% |
| 94th | Costa Rica | 52.81 | -2.3% |
| 95th | Viet Nam | 53.05 | -2.9% |
| 96th | New Caledonia | 53.09 | -1.0% |
| 97th | Türkiye | 53.28 | -1.2% |
| 98th | Indonesia | 53.35 | -1.1% |
| 99th | Sweden | 53.62 | -0.8% |
| 100th | France | 53.73 | -0.1% |
| 101st | Lebanon | 53.95 | -2.4% |
| 102nd | Libya | 54.08 | -0.3% |
| 103rd | Albania | 54.52 | -2.0% |
| 104th | Puerto Rico (US) | 54.83 | 0.2% |
| 105th | Myanmar | 55.08 | -1.2% |
| 106th | Guam | 55.30 | -0.4% |
| 107th | Oman | 55.62 | -4.2% |
| 108th | Colombia | 55.63 | -1.5% |
| 109th | St. Lucia | 55.82 | -3.2% |
| 110th | Malaysia | 56.81 | -2.1% |
| 111th | Panama | 57.15 | -0.9% |
| 112th | Fiji | 57.28 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Morocco | 57.45 | -2.1% |
| 114th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.50 | -2.2% |
| 115th | Faroe Islands | 57.56 | -1.3% |
| 116th | Suriname | 57.74 | -0.4% |
| 117th | South Africa | 57.86 | -2.7% |
| 118th | Saudi Arabia | 58.08 | -5.1% |
| 119th | Monaco | 58.19 | 1.2% |
| 120th | Jamaica | 58.44 | -2.4% |
| 121st | Kosovo | 58.75 | -3.9% |
| 122nd | Argentina | 58.99 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Uruguay | 59.45 | -0.4% |
| 124th | Dominica | 60.48 | -2.3% |
| 125th | Peru | 60.52 | -1.2% |
| 126th | Grenada | 60.70 | -4.1% |
| 127th | Israel | 60.87 | 0.1% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.50 | -2.4% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 61.51 | -3.3% |
| 130th | Mexico | 61.55 | -1.3% |
| 131st | Turkmenistan | 61.84 | -3.1% |
| 132nd | Dominican Republic | 62.23 | -1.6% |
| 133rd | Nauru | 62.87 | -2.4% |
| 134th | India | 62.88 | -1.5% |
| 135th | Maldives | 62.89 | -5.3% |
| 136th | Bhutan | 63.57 | -4.1% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 63.91 | -2.0% |
| 138th | Ecuador | 63.94 | -1.2% |
| 139th | Botswana | 64.87 | -2.2% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 65.87 | -1.0% |
| 141st | Guyana | 66.09 | -1.3% |
| 142nd | Philippines | 68.86 | -1.5% |
| 143rd | Paraguay | 69.00 | -2.5% |
| 144th | American Samoa | 69.80 | -1.0% |
| 145th | Tuvalu | 70.00 | -1.8% |
| 146th | El Salvador | 70.12 | -0.6% |
| 147th | Nicaragua | 71.08 | -2.3% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 71.31 | -1.0% |
| 149th | Marshall Islands | 71.31 | -2.3% |
| 150th | Cambodia | 71.77 | -3.5% |
| 151st | Djibouti | 71.98 | 0.2% |
| 152nd | Kiribati | 72.01 | -1.7% |
| 153rd | Jordan | 72.08 | -1.2% |
| 154th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 72.10 | -1.6% |
| 155th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 72.73 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Belize | 73.28 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Lesotho | 73.65 | -1.5% |
| 158th | Haiti | 74.15 | -1.7% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | 75.08 | -2.8% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 75.38 | -3.8% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 75.58 | -2.2% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 76.03 | -2.0% |
| 163rd | Vanuatu | 77.14 | -2.1% |
| 164th | Equatorial Guinea | 77.35 | -2.5% |
| 165th | Nepal | 77.53 | -1.4% |
| 166th | Tonga | 77.97 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Eswatini | 78.41 | -1.4% |
| 168th | Gabon | 78.57 | -1.8% |
| 169th | Ghana | 78.68 | -1.3% |
| 170th | Honduras | 79.90 | -1.8% |
| 171st | Congo, Republic of | 80.07 | -1.3% |
| 172nd | Samoa | 80.46 | -0.8% |
| 173rd | Timor-Leste | 80.66 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Togo | 81.11 | -0.6% |
| 175th | Lao PDR | 81.53 | -1.9% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 81.61 | 0.6% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | 82.16 | -1.0% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 83.00 | -1.7% |
| 179th | Rwanda | 84.80 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Iraq | 84.80 | -1.0% |
| 181st | Liberia | 85.62 | 0.1% |
| 182nd | São Tomé and Principe | 85.75 | -0.5% |
| 183rd | Guatemala | 86.25 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Eritrea | 86.35 | -2.5% |
| 185th | Senegal | 86.78 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Kenya | 88.06 | -1.3% |
| 187th | Nigeria | 88.43 | 0.3% |
| 188th | Guinea-Bissau | 89.41 | -1.0% |
| 189th | Sierra Leone | 89.71 | -0.3% |
| 190th | Central African Republic | 89.78 | -0.3% |
| 191st | Mauritania | 89.80 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Cameroon | 90.07 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Tanzania | 90.31 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Benin | 91.71 | -0.7% |
| 195th | Mozambique | 92.22 | 0.2% |
| 196th | Angola | 92.30 | -0.3% |
| 197th | Madagascar | 92.60 | -0.4% |
| 198th | West Bank and Gaza | 92.79 | -1.9% |
| 199th | South Sudan | 93.24 | -0.5% |
| 200th | Sudan | 93.26 | -0.4% |
| 201st | Burkina Faso | 93.86 | -0.9% |
| 202nd | Burundi | 94.22 | -2.3% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 94.58 | 0.1% |
| 204th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.65 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Gambia, The | 95.77 | -1.1% |
| 206th | Guinea | 96.79 | -0.4% |
| 207th | Mali | 97.43 | -0.2% |
| 208th | Zambia | 97.60 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Comoros | 99.04 | -2.1% |
| 210th | Yemen, Republic of | 99.44 | -2.0% |
| 211th | Malawi | 99.52 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 101.74 | 0.7% |
| 213th | Niger | 102.13 | 1.0% |
| 214th | Chad | 105.16 | -1.5% |
| 215th | Uganda | 110.09 | -0.3% |
| 216th | Afghanistan | 110.29 | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2004?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2004 was 71.31. This ranked 148th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 2004?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 1.0% in 2004 compared to 2003.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2004?▾
Afghanistan had the highest dependency ratio in 2004 at 110.29.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2004?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2004 was 71.31. This ranked 148th globally.
How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 72.04 in 2003 to 71.31 in 2004, a 1.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Papua New Guinea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2004. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.4%. View full analysis →
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