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Papua New Guinea - Dependency Ratio 2024

Name: Papua New Guinea Dependency Ratio 2024
Creator: World Bank
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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) · World Bank

58.59 −0.53 from 2023 Global rank: 136th

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio was 58.59 in 2024, decreased +0.53 from 59.12 in 2023. This was the 136th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2024▾

Dependency Ratio by Country - 2024
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	20.12	0.1%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	21.77	-1.1%
3rd	Kuwait	27.10	-1.4%
4th	Bahrain	29.15	-0.3%
5th	British Virgin Islands	31.78	-1.2%
6th	Maldives	31.98	-0.9%
7th	Cayman Islands	33.66	1.9%
8th	Singapore	33.94	2.5%
9th	Saudi Arabia	36.55	-0.7%
10th	Jamaica	36.82	-0.4%
11th	St. Lucia	37.28	-0.1%
12th	Turks and Caicos Islands	37.60	1.0%
13th	Oman	37.66	-2.6%
14th	Bhutan	37.75	-2.1%
15th	Brunei Darussalam	38.30	0.8%
16th	Andorra	38.56	0.8%
17th	Macao SAR, China	39.23	3.1%
18th	Mauritius	39.54	1.3%
19th	Seychelles	39.84	0.1%
20th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.00	0.3%
21st	St. Kitts and Nevis	41.67	1.9%
22nd	Malaysia	41.89	-1.0%
23rd	Antigua and Barbuda	42.01	0.6%
24th	Palau	42.01	0.9%
25th	Bahamas, The	42.22	-0.7%
26th	Korea	42.53	2.6%
27th	Colombia	42.96	0.4%
28th	Thailand	43.09	1.5%
29th	Trinidad and Tobago	43.14	1.2%
30th	Azerbaijan	43.61	0.1%
31st	French Polynesia	43.73	-0.2%
32nd	China	44.24	-1.1%
33rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.26	-0.4%
34th	Cyprus	44.28	1.5%
35th	Brazil	44.33	0.7%
36th	Kosovo	44.48	-0.7%
37th	Dominica	44.57	-0.1%
38th	Costa Rica	44.98	-0.1%
39th	Chile	45.14	0.1%
40th	Luxembourg	45.46	1.5%
41st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	45.66	1.6%
42nd	Belize	46.20	-1.1%
43rd	Myanmar	46.21	0.0%
44th	Greenland	46.22	3.3%
45th	Grenada	46.37	-0.2%
46th	Curaçao	46.43	0.9%
47th	Türkiye	46.48	-0.5%
48th	Northern Mariana Islands	46.53	2.0%
49th	India	46.56	-1.0%
50th	Cuba	46.76	0.7%
51st	Indonesia	46.81	-0.4%
52nd	Viet Nam	47.65	0.2%
53rd	Cabo Verde	47.94	-2.4%
54th	Libya	48.00	-1.8%
55th	South Africa	48.31	-0.1%
56th	New Caledonia	48.66	0.5%
57th	Mexico	48.72	-0.7%
58th	Ecuador	48.81	-1.3%
59th	Ukraine	48.92	0.0%
60th	Armenia	49.12	0.8%
61st	El Salvador	49.15	-1.1%
62nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	49.64	3.8%
63rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.66	-0.1%
64th	Peru	49.70	-0.7%
65th	Malta	49.80	1.3%
66th	Philippines	50.06	-2.3%
67th	Iceland	50.17	0.0%
68th	Suriname	50.46	-0.1%
69th	Tunisia	50.53	-0.1%
70th	Fiji	50.56	-0.7%
71st	Albania	50.97	1.9%
72nd	Morocco	50.99	-0.4%
73rd	Barbados	51.04	0.9%
74th	Aruba	51.29	1.6%
75th	Syrian Arab Republic	51.30	-4.8%
76th	Belarus	51.43	1.0%
77th	Argentina	51.56	-1.6%
78th	Djibouti	51.56	-1.3%
79th	Spain	51.67	0.7%
80th	Sri Lanka	51.82	0.2%
81st	Channel Islands	52.05	0.8%
82nd	Panama	52.09	-0.4%
83rd	Nicaragua	52.19	-1.3%
84th	Slovak Republic	52.20	1.5%
85th	Uruguay	52.30	-0.7%
86th	Ireland	52.55	-0.5%
87th	Russian Federation	52.57	1.5%
88th	Dominican Republic	52.57	-0.2%
89th	Bangladesh	52.64	-0.9%
90th	San Marino	53.06	1.3%
91st	Austria	53.46	1.6%
92nd	North Macedonia	53.49	1.2%
93rd	Lao PDR	53.53	-1.0%
94th	Lithuania	53.54	0.6%
95th	Canada	53.64	1.1%
96th	Nepal	53.69	-0.6%
97th	Poland	53.73	1.3%
98th	Switzerland	53.77	1.5%
99th	Norway	53.78	-0.3%
100th	Liechtenstein	53.82	2.1%
101st	Honduras	53.94	-1.1%
102nd	American Samoa	53.97	0.0%
103rd	Paraguay	54.14	-0.1%
104th	Jordan	54.30	-1.5%
105th	United States	54.45	1.0%
106th	Gibraltar	54.47	0.0%
107th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.48	1.8%
108th	New Zealand	54.59	0.6%
109th	Bermuda	54.68	2.5%
110th	Hungary	54.79	0.4%
111th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	54.87	-1.1%
112th	Netherlands	55.09	0.9%
113th	Australia	55.21	0.7%
114th	Romania	55.51	0.3%
115th	Haiti	55.99	-1.3%
116th	Guyana	56.00	0.4%
117th	Cambodia	56.14	-0.5%
118th	Montenegro	56.15	0.7%
119th	Moldova	56.25	1.7%
120th	Turkmenistan	56.34	0.4%
121st	Botswana	56.66	-0.4%
122nd	Czechia	56.84	0.1%
123rd	Lebanon	57.05	-0.9%
124th	Puerto Rico (US)	57.10	0.4%
125th	Guatemala	57.30	-1.9%
126th	Georgia	57.32	0.3%
127th	European Union	57.38	0.8%
128th	Slovenia	57.45	1.0%
129th	Bulgaria	57.49	0.6%
130th	Italy	57.52	0.7%
131st	Belgium	57.61	0.5%
132nd	Denmark	57.64	0.4%
133rd	United Kingdom	57.94	0.2%
134th	Algeria	58.51	-0.4%
135th	Estonia	58.57	0.2%
136th	Papua New Guinea	58.59	-0.9%
137th	Uzbekistan	58.65	1.7%
138th	Serbia	58.72	1.3%
139th	Germany	59.00	1.7%
140th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	59.01	-1.2%
141st	Croatia	59.01	0.7%
142nd	Latvia	59.11	0.5%
143rd	Greece	59.13	0.4%
144th	Mongolia	59.57	-0.7%
145th	Portugal	59.57	1.4%
146th	Isle of Man	59.68	0.6%
147th	Eswatini	60.29	-0.9%
148th	Faroe Islands	60.52	-0.8%
149th	Sweden	60.60	-0.2%
150th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.76	-0.3%
151st	Kyrgyz Republic	61.35	-0.3%
152nd	Kazakhstan	61.36	0.8%
153rd	Lesotho	62.27	-1.6%
154th	Finland	62.68	0.1%
155th	Guam	62.83	1.9%
156th	France	63.00	0.5%
157th	Kiribati	63.75	-0.5%
158th	Timor-Leste	63.76	-2.6%
159th	Marshall Islands	64.24	0.1%
160th	Virgin Islands (US)	64.44	1.8%
161st	Ghana	65.36	-1.2%
162nd	Tuvalu	65.60	3.1%
163rd	St. Martin (French part)	65.95	6.1%
164th	Kenya	66.12	-2.3%
165th	Israel	66.56	-0.3%
166th	Iraq	66.65	-2.0%
167th	Tajikistan	66.98	-0.2%
168th	Gabon	68.26	-0.6%
169th	Solomon Islands	68.38	-1.6%
170th	Nauru	68.43	-0.9%
171st	Namibia	68.50	-0.9%
172nd	Pakistan	69.39	-1.1%
173rd	Equatorial Guinea	69.41	-0.6%
174th	Japan	70.12	0.0%
175th	Rwanda	70.32	-1.1%
176th	Sierra Leone	70.45	-1.7%
177th	Comoros	71.21	-1.1%
178th	São Tomé and Principe	71.61	-1.7%
179th	Senegal	71.82	-1.7%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	72.07	-1.2%
181st	South Sudan	72.14	-3.4%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	72.35	-1.7%
183rd	Tonga	72.77	-0.4%
184th	Eritrea	73.43	-2.0%
185th	Vanuatu	74.25	-0.9%
186th	Madagascar	74.40	-1.0%
187th	Togo	74.64	-1.2%
188th	Liberia	74.93	-1.8%
189th	Malawi	76.34	-2.5%
190th	Gambia, The	76.45	-1.5%
191st	Zambia	76.69	-1.8%
192nd	Congo, Republic of	76.78	-1.5%
193rd	Côte d'Ivoire	76.93	-1.5%
194th	Yemen, Republic of	77.47	-0.3%
195th	Sudan	77.85	-0.4%
196th	Nigeria	78.77	-1.8%
197th	Cameroon	79.33	-1.2%
198th	Samoa	79.68	-0.4%
199th	Guinea	79.71	-1.3%
200th	Burkina Faso	80.03	-2.3%
201st	Zimbabwe	80.10	-1.9%
202nd	Benin	80.74	-1.0%
203rd	Afghanistan	82.78	-1.3%
204th	Tanzania	83.76	-0.7%
205th	Uganda	84.27	-1.4%
206th	Mauritania	84.98	-1.2%
207th	Angola	89.41	-0.7%
208th	Burundi	89.50	-2.6%
209th	Mozambique	89.51	-1.2%
210th	Chad	92.92	-2.6%
211th	Mali	94.27	-1.3%
212th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.50	-0.2%
213th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	96.79	-0.2%
214th	Niger	96.83	-1.4%
215th	Monaco	98.57	0.4%
216th	Central African Republic	104.73	-0.4%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2024?▾

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio in 2024 was 58.59. This ranked 136th globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio change in 2024?▾

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio decreased by 0.9% in 2024 compared to 2023.

Which country had the highest dependency ratio in 2024?▾

Central African Republic had the highest dependency ratio in 2024 at 104.73.

What is the dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2024?▾

The dependency ratio of Papua New Guinea in 2024 was 58.59. This ranked 136th globally.

How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio?▾

Papua New Guinea's dependency ratio went from 59.12 in 2023 to 58.59 in 2024, a 0.9% decrease.

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