Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 2015
64.04
−0.64 from 2014
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 64.04 in 2015, decreased +0.64 from 64.68 in 2014. This was the 156th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 17.65 | -3.5% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 22.45 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 27.68 | 1.4% |
| 4th | Macao SAR, China | 27.68 | 4.1% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 30.03 | 0.8% |
| 6th | Cayman Islands | 31.27 | 0.1% |
| 7th | Kuwait | 31.95 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Oman | 33.02 | 0.6% |
| 9th | British Virgin Islands | 35.59 | -1.2% |
| 10th | Korea | 36.46 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 36.84 | 2.8% |
| 12th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 37.14 | -1.6% |
| 13th | Maldives | 37.41 | -2.0% |
| 14th | Saudi Arabia | 37.55 | -1.9% |
| 15th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 37.59 | 0.6% |
| 16th | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.14 | 1.5% |
| 17th | Brunei Darussalam | 38.38 | -1.2% |
| 18th | Mauritius | 38.39 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Palau | 38.62 | 1.4% |
| 20th | Andorra | 39.36 | -0.4% |
| 21st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 39.37 | -1.9% |
| 22nd | China | 39.61 | 1.9% |
| 23rd | Seychelles | 39.73 | -0.9% |
| 24th | Thailand | 39.73 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 39.82 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Greenland | 40.50 | 0.1% |
| 27th | St. Lucia | 40.58 | -2.3% |
| 28th | Azerbaijan | 41.34 | 2.2% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.38 | -1.1% |
| 30th | Slovak Republic | 41.81 | 2.2% |
| 31st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.04 | 2.0% |
| 32nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.38 | 0.4% |
| 33rd | Jamaica | 42.47 | -2.5% |
| 34th | Moldova | 42.74 | 5.5% |
| 35th | Ukraine | 43.33 | 2.9% |
| 36th | Brazil | 43.59 | -0.5% |
| 37th | Russian Federation | 43.66 | 3.6% |
| 38th | Viet Nam | 43.77 | 0.9% |
| 39th | Poland | 43.84 | 2.4% |
| 40th | Belarus | 43.85 | 2.6% |
| 41st | Aruba | 44.25 | 1.7% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 44.42 | -0.5% |
| 43rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 44.43 | -0.4% |
| 44th | Cuba | 44.72 | 0.4% |
| 45th | Armenia | 45.01 | 1.8% |
| 46th | Chile | 45.33 | 0.2% |
| 47th | Costa Rica | 45.54 | -0.6% |
| 48th | Dominica | 45.61 | -2.2% |
| 49th | Liechtenstein | 45.64 | 1.5% |
| 50th | Bermuda | 45.80 | 0.6% |
| 51st | North Macedonia | 45.88 | 0.9% |
| 52nd | French Polynesia | 45.90 | -0.8% |
| 53rd | Türkiye | 45.95 | -1.5% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 45.95 | -0.8% |
| 55th | Malaysia | 46.04 | -0.9% |
| 56th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.05 | 1.3% |
| 57th | Albania | 46.06 | -0.1% |
| 58th | Colombia | 46.20 | -1.3% |
| 59th | Tunisia | 46.36 | 1.5% |
| 60th | Barbados | 47.29 | 0.1% |
| 61st | Myanmar | 47.35 | -0.8% |
| 62nd | Canada | 47.59 | 1.8% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 48.00 | -1.1% |
| 64th | Hungary | 48.25 | 1.8% |
| 65th | Malta | 48.27 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 48.34 | 2.7% |
| 67th | Bhutan | 48.34 | -1.6% |
| 68th | Curaçao | 48.55 | 0.9% |
| 69th | Switzerland | 48.69 | 0.7% |
| 70th | Austria | 48.73 | 0.3% |
| 71st | Channel Islands | 48.76 | 1.2% |
| 72nd | Slovenia | 48.90 | 2.7% |
| 73rd | Romania | 48.96 | 1.9% |
| 74th | New Caledonia | 49.25 | -0.4% |
| 75th | Montenegro | 49.32 | 1.7% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 49.34 | 1.0% |
| 77th | Indonesia | 49.36 | -0.7% |
| 78th | Serbia | 49.76 | 2.4% |
| 79th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.76 | -0.6% |
| 80th | Turkmenistan | 49.88 | 0.5% |
| 81st | Mongolia | 50.08 | 2.9% |
| 82nd | Czechia | 50.08 | 3.1% |
| 83rd | San Marino | 50.17 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Kosovo | 50.31 | -0.3% |
| 85th | Lithuania | 50.36 | 1.4% |
| 86th | United States | 50.38 | 0.8% |
| 87th | St. Martin (French part) | 50.42 | -0.1% |
| 88th | Spain | 50.46 | 1.0% |
| 89th | Georgia | 50.52 | 2.4% |
| 90th | South Africa | 50.78 | -0.7% |
| 91st | Sri Lanka | 50.79 | 0.8% |
| 92nd | Australia | 51.06 | 1.1% |
| 93rd | Croatia | 51.18 | 1.5% |
| 94th | Morocco | 51.22 | -0.2% |
| 95th | Iceland | 51.22 | 0.3% |
| 96th | Cabo Verde | 51.35 | -1.3% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | 51.78 | 2.4% |
| 98th | Algeria | 52.06 | 2.7% |
| 99th | Norway | 52.10 | 0.4% |
| 100th | Germany | 52.12 | 0.6% |
| 101st | India | 52.40 | -1.6% |
| 102nd | Netherlands | 52.43 | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Ireland | 52.50 | 0.9% |
| 104th | New Zealand | 52.52 | -0.4% |
| 105th | Kazakhstan | 52.52 | 3.0% |
| 106th | European Union | 52.63 | 1.3% |
| 107th | Puerto Rico (US) | 52.86 | 0.0% |
| 108th | Guam | 52.90 | 0.9% |
| 109th | Mexico | 52.97 | -1.0% |
| 110th | Latvia | 53.00 | 2.5% |
| 111th | Suriname | 53.40 | -1.3% |
| 112th | Fiji | 53.47 | -0.2% |
| 113th | Portugal | 53.55 | 0.9% |
| 114th | Estonia | 53.62 | 2.0% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 53.69 | -0.8% |
| 116th | Panama | 54.10 | -0.3% |
| 117th | Belgium | 54.22 | 0.9% |
| 118th | Gibraltar | 54.99 | 1.4% |
| 119th | Libya | 55.05 | -0.2% |
| 120th | Greece | 55.19 | 1.2% |
| 121st | Guyana | 55.24 | -0.3% |
| 122nd | Denmark | 55.33 | 0.4% |
| 123rd | United Kingdom | 55.40 | 1.0% |
| 124th | Ecuador | 55.49 | -1.4% |
| 125th | Peru | 55.52 | -0.7% |
| 126th | El Salvador | 55.54 | -2.3% |
| 127th | Paraguay | 55.56 | -1.0% |
| 128th | Italy | 55.61 | 0.9% |
| 129th | Uruguay | 55.66 | -0.4% |
| 130th | Belize | 56.04 | -2.8% |
| 131st | Argentina | 56.05 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Bangladesh | 56.46 | -2.0% |
| 133rd | Isle of Man | 57.09 | 1.6% |
| 134th | Cambodia | 57.48 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Finland | 57.64 | 2.2% |
| 136th | Kyrgyz Republic | 58.15 | 2.2% |
| 137th | Virgin Islands (US) | 58.26 | 1.7% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | 58.42 | -1.2% |
| 139th | American Samoa | 58.68 | -0.7% |
| 140th | Sweden | 58.84 | 1.6% |
| 141st | France | 58.97 | 1.6% |
| 142nd | Philippines | 59.52 | -1.5% |
| 143rd | Tuvalu | 59.62 | -0.7% |
| 144th | Lao PDR | 59.65 | -2.0% |
| 145th | Botswana | 61.06 | 0.1% |
| 146th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 61.08 | -0.7% |
| 147th | Faroe Islands | 61.18 | 1.1% |
| 148th | Jordan | 61.62 | -0.7% |
| 149th | Djibouti | 61.70 | -1.9% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.81 | -1.5% |
| 151st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 61.98 | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 62.17 | -2.2% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 62.40 | -1.4% |
| 154th | Nepal | 62.68 | -1.9% |
| 155th | Kiribati | 63.53 | -0.9% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 64.04 | -1.0% |
| 157th | Israel | 64.64 | 1.0% |
| 158th | Tajikistan | 64.65 | -0.2% |
| 159th | Nauru | 65.94 | 0.8% |
| 160th | Japan | 66.02 | 2.4% |
| 161st | Namibia | 66.78 | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | 67.16 | -1.5% |
| 163rd | Marshall Islands | 67.40 | -2.0% |
| 164th | Lesotho | 68.14 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Guatemala | 68.25 | -1.9% |
| 166th | Gabon | 68.35 | -0.4% |
| 167th | Equatorial Guinea | 71.20 | 0.1% |
| 168th | Ghana | 72.31 | -0.6% |
| 169th | Vanuatu | 73.20 | 1.0% |
| 170th | Pakistan | 74.16 | -0.4% |
| 171st | Tonga | 74.64 | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Samoa | 75.25 | -0.1% |
| 173rd | West Bank and Gaza | 76.46 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Iraq | 76.75 | -0.9% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 76.91 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Comoros | 78.81 | -0.4% |
| 177th | Rwanda | 78.92 | -0.8% |
| 178th | Togo | 79.54 | -0.2% |
| 179th | Timor-Leste | 79.80 | -2.2% |
| 180th | Kenya | 79.99 | -1.4% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 80.31 | -1.0% |
| 182nd | Congo, Republic of | 80.40 | 1.0% |
| 183rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 80.91 | 4.0% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.97 | 0.7% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 81.03 | -1.4% |
| 186th | Sierra Leone | 81.78 | -1.6% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 82.03 | -0.9% |
| 188th | São Tomé and Principe | 83.46 | -0.4% |
| 189th | Liberia | 83.77 | -0.4% |
| 190th | South Sudan | 83.88 | 2.4% |
| 191st | Senegal | 84.80 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | Cameroon | 85.20 | -0.9% |
| 193rd | Eritrea | 85.32 | 0.6% |
| 194th | Gambia, The | 85.76 | -0.8% |
| 195th | Sudan | 85.99 | -1.7% |
| 196th | Monaco | 86.53 | 4.0% |
| 197th | Benin | 86.69 | -0.4% |
| 198th | Guinea | 87.99 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Zambia | 88.38 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Zimbabwe | 88.84 | -0.1% |
| 201st | Nigeria | 89.72 | -0.4% |
| 202nd | Tanzania | 90.38 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 91.52 | -0.3% |
| 204th | Angola | 92.18 | 0.1% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 92.60 | -0.5% |
| 206th | Mozambique | 93.93 | -0.3% |
| 207th | Malawi | 94.17 | -1.5% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 94.61 | -1.8% |
| 209th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 96.53 | 0.0% |
| 210th | Burundi | 97.11 | 2.6% |
| 211th | Uganda | 100.03 | -1.6% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 100.06 | -0.2% |
| 213th | Chad | 102.37 | 0.0% |
| 214th | Mali | 102.53 | 0.0% |
| 215th | Central African Republic | 103.92 | 2.4% |
| 216th | Niger | 106.77 | -0.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2015?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2015 was 64.04. This ranked 156th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 2015?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 1.0% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2015?▾
Niger had the highest dependency ratio in 2015 at 106.77.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2015?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2015 was 64.04. This ranked 156th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 64.68 in 2014 to 64.04 in 2015, a 1.0% decrease.
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