Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 2016
63.40
−0.64 from 2015
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 63.40 in 2016, decreased +0.64 from 64.04 in 2015. This was the 156th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 17.36 | -1.7% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 22.39 | -0.3% |
| 3rd | Singapore | 28.15 | 1.7% |
| 4th | Macao SAR, China | 28.73 | 3.8% |
| 5th | Bahrain | 29.24 | -2.6% |
| 6th | Cayman Islands | 31.28 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Kuwait | 32.01 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Oman | 32.77 | -0.8% |
| 9th | British Virgin Islands | 35.63 | 0.1% |
| 10th | Korea | 36.46 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Maldives | 36.57 | -2.2% |
| 12th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 36.73 | -1.1% |
| 13th | Saudi Arabia | 37.23 | -0.8% |
| 14th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 37.91 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Brunei Darussalam | 38.01 | -1.0% |
| 16th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 38.07 | 1.3% |
| 17th | Mauritius | 38.46 | 0.2% |
| 18th | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.77 | 1.6% |
| 19th | Palau | 38.85 | 0.6% |
| 20th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 38.99 | -1.0% |
| 21st | Andorra | 39.10 | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Seychelles | 39.40 | -0.8% |
| 23rd | St. Lucia | 39.73 | -2.1% |
| 24th | Thailand | 39.89 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 40.20 | 1.0% |
| 26th | China | 40.44 | 2.1% |
| 27th | Greenland | 40.60 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.02 | -0.9% |
| 29th | Jamaica | 41.54 | -2.2% |
| 30th | Azerbaijan | 42.27 | 2.3% |
| 31st | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.54 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.89 | 2.0% |
| 33rd | Slovak Republic | 43.00 | 2.8% |
| 34th | Brazil | 43.44 | -0.4% |
| 35th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 44.01 | -0.9% |
| 36th | Luxembourg | 44.08 | -0.8% |
| 37th | Viet Nam | 44.39 | 1.4% |
| 38th | Ukraine | 44.49 | 2.7% |
| 39th | Cuba | 44.85 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Belarus | 44.94 | 2.5% |
| 41st | Moldova | 44.96 | 5.2% |
| 42nd | Poland | 45.03 | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Russian Federation | 45.09 | 3.3% |
| 44th | Aruba | 45.16 | 2.1% |
| 45th | Costa Rica | 45.34 | -0.4% |
| 46th | Chile | 45.36 | 0.1% |
| 47th | French Polynesia | 45.51 | -0.9% |
| 48th | Bahamas, The | 45.54 | -0.9% |
| 49th | Colombia | 45.57 | -1.4% |
| 50th | Türkiye | 45.59 | -0.8% |
| 51st | Dominica | 45.60 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Malaysia | 45.73 | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Armenia | 45.91 | 2.0% |
| 54th | Albania | 46.04 | 0.0% |
| 55th | North Macedonia | 46.39 | 1.1% |
| 56th | Bermuda | 46.43 | 1.4% |
| 57th | Liechtenstein | 46.44 | 1.7% |
| 58th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.82 | 1.7% |
| 59th | Myanmar | 47.04 | -0.6% |
| 60th | Tunisia | 47.11 | 1.6% |
| 61st | Barbados | 47.30 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Bhutan | 47.55 | -1.6% |
| 63rd | Grenada | 47.65 | -0.7% |
| 64th | Canada | 48.39 | 1.7% |
| 65th | Malta | 48.83 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Curaçao | 48.95 | 0.8% |
| 67th | Austria | 48.96 | 0.5% |
| 68th | New Caledonia | 48.96 | -0.6% |
| 69th | Switzerland | 49.06 | 0.8% |
| 70th | Indonesia | 49.08 | -0.6% |
| 71st | Hungary | 49.14 | 1.8% |
| 72nd | Channel Islands | 49.30 | 1.1% |
| 73rd | Kosovo | 49.42 | -1.8% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.49 | -0.5% |
| 75th | Romania | 49.89 | 1.9% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 50.06 | 1.5% |
| 77th | Montenegro | 50.10 | 1.6% |
| 78th | San Marino | 50.18 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 50.22 | 2.7% |
| 80th | Turkmenistan | 50.36 | 1.0% |
| 81st | St. Martin (French part) | 50.56 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | United States | 50.79 | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Spain | 50.80 | 0.7% |
| 84th | Lebanon | 50.87 | 5.2% |
| 85th | Serbia | 50.87 | 2.2% |
| 86th | South Africa | 51.06 | 0.5% |
| 87th | Iceland | 51.08 | -0.3% |
| 88th | Cabo Verde | 51.10 | -0.5% |
| 89th | Sri Lanka | 51.11 | 0.6% |
| 90th | Morocco | 51.14 | -0.1% |
| 91st | Lithuania | 51.33 | 1.9% |
| 92nd | India | 51.58 | -1.6% |
| 93rd | Australia | 51.60 | 1.1% |
| 94th | Czechia | 51.61 | 3.0% |
| 95th | Mongolia | 51.73 | 3.3% |
| 96th | Georgia | 51.75 | 2.4% |
| 97th | Croatia | 52.06 | 1.7% |
| 98th | New Zealand | 52.31 | -0.4% |
| 99th | Mexico | 52.40 | -1.1% |
| 100th | Norway | 52.42 | 0.6% |
| 101st | Germany | 52.58 | 0.9% |
| 102nd | Netherlands | 52.70 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Suriname | 52.74 | -1.2% |
| 104th | Ireland | 52.78 | 0.5% |
| 105th | Bulgaria | 52.91 | 2.2% |
| 106th | Puerto Rico (US) | 53.10 | 0.5% |
| 107th | European Union | 53.24 | 1.2% |
| 108th | Dominican Republic | 53.30 | -0.7% |
| 109th | Fiji | 53.33 | -0.3% |
| 110th | Algeria | 53.44 | 2.6% |
| 111th | Guam | 53.55 | 1.2% |
| 112th | Panama | 53.95 | -0.3% |
| 113th | Kazakhstan | 54.03 | 2.9% |
| 114th | Portugal | 54.11 | 1.0% |
| 115th | Latvia | 54.28 | 2.4% |
| 116th | Belize | 54.40 | -2.9% |
| 117th | El Salvador | 54.42 | -2.0% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 54.63 | -1.6% |
| 119th | Estonia | 54.65 | 1.9% |
| 120th | Belgium | 54.65 | 0.8% |
| 121st | Libya | 54.81 | -0.4% |
| 122nd | Peru | 55.03 | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | 55.15 | -0.7% |
| 124th | Guyana | 55.26 | 0.0% |
| 125th | Bangladesh | 55.37 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Gibraltar | 55.44 | 0.8% |
| 127th | Uruguay | 55.47 | -0.3% |
| 128th | Denmark | 55.56 | 0.4% |
| 129th | Greece | 55.85 | 1.2% |
| 130th | Italy | 55.92 | 0.6% |
| 131st | United Kingdom | 55.92 | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Argentina | 56.05 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Cambodia | 57.63 | 0.3% |
| 134th | Nicaragua | 57.78 | -1.1% |
| 135th | Isle of Man | 57.84 | 1.3% |
| 136th | American Samoa | 58.27 | -0.7% |
| 137th | Philippines | 58.40 | -1.9% |
| 138th | Lao PDR | 58.63 | -1.7% |
| 139th | Finland | 58.66 | 1.8% |
| 140th | Virgin Islands (US) | 58.84 | 1.0% |
| 141st | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.06 | 1.6% |
| 142nd | Tuvalu | 59.18 | -0.7% |
| 143rd | Sweden | 59.49 | 1.1% |
| 144th | France | 59.66 | 1.2% |
| 145th | Djibouti | 60.37 | -2.2% |
| 146th | Honduras | 60.82 | -2.2% |
| 147th | Botswana | 60.84 | -0.4% |
| 148th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.87 | -0.3% |
| 149th | Jordan | 60.96 | -1.1% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 60.97 | -1.4% |
| 151st | Faroe Islands | 61.47 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Haiti | 61.59 | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Nepal | 61.62 | -1.7% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 62.34 | 0.6% |
| 155th | Kiribati | 63.29 | -0.4% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 63.40 | -1.0% |
| 157th | Tajikistan | 64.63 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Israel | 65.33 | 1.1% |
| 159th | Nauru | 66.15 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Marshall Islands | 66.16 | -1.8% |
| 161st | Eswatini | 66.25 | -1.4% |
| 162nd | Namibia | 66.91 | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | 66.96 | -1.9% |
| 164th | Japan | 67.32 | 2.0% |
| 165th | Lesotho | 67.93 | -0.3% |
| 166th | Gabon | 68.29 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Equatorial Guinea | 71.25 | 0.1% |
| 168th | Ghana | 71.73 | -0.8% |
| 169th | Vanuatu | 73.91 | 1.0% |
| 170th | Pakistan | 73.91 | -0.3% |
| 171st | Tonga | 74.03 | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Samoa | 75.39 | 0.2% |
| 173rd | West Bank and Gaza | 75.92 | -0.7% |
| 174th | Iraq | 75.94 | -1.0% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 76.21 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Timor-Leste | 78.05 | -2.2% |
| 177th | Rwanda | 78.24 | -0.9% |
| 178th | Comoros | 78.42 | -0.5% |
| 179th | Kenya | 78.64 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Togo | 79.33 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 79.67 | -0.8% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 80.03 | -1.2% |
| 183rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 80.12 | -1.0% |
| 184th | Sierra Leone | 80.43 | -1.6% |
| 185th | Congo, Republic of | 80.90 | 0.6% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 81.25 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | 81.31 | 0.4% |
| 188th | São Tomé and Principe | 82.82 | -0.8% |
| 189th | Liberia | 83.32 | -0.5% |
| 190th | Senegal | 83.83 | -1.1% |
| 191st | Sudan | 84.64 | -1.6% |
| 192nd | Cameroon | 84.73 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Gambia, The | 85.00 | -0.9% |
| 194th | Eritrea | 85.33 | 0.0% |
| 195th | South Sudan | 86.10 | 2.6% |
| 196th | Benin | 86.37 | -0.4% |
| 197th | Guinea | 87.12 | -1.0% |
| 198th | Zambia | 87.27 | -1.3% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 88.33 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 89.06 | -0.7% |
| 201st | Tanzania | 89.30 | -1.2% |
| 202nd | Monaco | 89.37 | 3.3% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 91.19 | -0.4% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 91.95 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Angola | 92.19 | 0.0% |
| 206th | Malawi | 92.47 | -1.8% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 92.89 | -1.8% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 93.61 | -0.3% |
| 209th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 96.20 | -0.3% |
| 210th | Uganda | 97.95 | -2.1% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 99.88 | -0.2% |
| 212th | Burundi | 99.94 | 2.9% |
| 213th | Chad | 102.28 | -0.1% |
| 214th | Mali | 102.31 | -0.2% |
| 215th | Central African Republic | 104.21 | 0.3% |
| 216th | Niger | 106.06 | -0.7% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2016?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2016 was 63.40. This ranked 156th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 2016?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 1.0% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2016?▾
Niger had the highest dependency ratio in 2016 at 106.06.
What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2016?▾
The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2016 was 63.40. This ranked 156th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾
Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 64.04 in 2015 to 63.40 in 2016, a 1.0% decrease.
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