Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Papua New Guinea

Age dependency ratio in Papua New Guinea in 2025 — 58.1 per 100. Ranked 134 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 27.7%.

2025 58.1 per 100 −0.9% vs 2024
World rank 134of 217
Period maximum 89 per 1001972
Period minimum 58.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Papua New Guinea, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80.3 per 1001962: 81.9 per 1001964: 83.4 per 1001966: 84.9 per 1001968: 86.5 per 1001970: 88.1 per 1001972: 89 per 1001974: 88.1 per 1001976: 86.3 per 1001978: 84 per 1001980: 81.4 per 1001982: 80.3 per 1001984: 79.9 per 1001986: 79.8 per 1001988: 79.7 per 1001990: 79.5 per 1001992: 78.5 per 1001994: 77.3 per 1001996: 76.1 per 1001998: 75 per 1002000: 73.9 per 1002002: 72.7 per 1002004: 71.3 per 1002006: 69.9 per 1002008: 68.6 per 1002010: 67.2 per 1002012: 66 per 1002014: 64.7 per 1002016: 63.4 per 1002018: 62.1 per 1002020: 60.8 per 1002022: 59.6 per 1002024: 58.6 per 1002025: 58.1 per 100
Change over the period: −22.2 (−27.67%) Average annual rate: -0.5 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 58.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
Melanesia computed 58.3 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 58.1 −0.5 −0.9%
2024 58.6 −0.5 −0.89%
2023 59.1 −0.5 −0.89%
2022 59.6 −0.6 −0.92%
2021 60.2 −0.6 −0.98%
2020 60.8 −0.6 −1.03%
2019 61.4 −0.7 −1.06%
2018 62.1 −0.7 −1.06%
2017 62.7 −0.7 −1.04%
2016 63.4 −0.6 −0.99%
2015 64 −0.6 −0.99%
2014 64.7 −0.6 −0.99%
2013 65.3 −0.6 −0.97%
2012 66 −0.6 −0.95%
2011 66.6 −0.6 −0.95%
2010 67.2 −0.7 −0.99%
2009 67.9 −0.7 −1%
2008 68.6 −0.7 −0.98%
2007 69.3 −0.7 −0.94%
2006 69.9 −0.7 −0.94%
2005 70.6 −0.7 −1%
2004 71.3 −0.7 −1.01%
2003 72 −0.7 −0.92%
2002 72.7 −0.6 −0.85%
2001 73.3 −0.6 −0.77%
2000 73.9 −0.5 −0.7%
1999 74.4 −0.5 −0.73%
1998 75 −0.6 −0.74%
1997 75.5 −0.6 −0.73%
1996 76.1 −0.6 −0.78%
1995 76.7 −0.6 −0.81%
1994 77.3 −0.6 −0.79%
1993 77.9 −0.6 −0.79%
1992 78.5 −0.6 −0.74%
1991 79.1 −0.4 −0.46%
1990 79.5 −0.1 −0.18%
1989 79.6 −0.1 −0.1%
1988 79.7 −0.1 −0.08%
1987 79.8 −0 −0.06%
1986 79.8 −0 −0.04%
1985 79.9 −0.1 −0.09%
1984 79.9 −0.1 −0.16%
1983 80.1 −0.2 −0.26%
1982 80.3 −0.3 −0.37%
1981 80.6 −0.8 −0.99%
1980 81.4 −1.3 −1.59%
1979 82.7 −1.3 −1.56%
1978 84 −1.2 −1.45%
1977 85.2 −1.1 −1.29%
1976 86.3 −1 −1.09%
1975 87.3 −0.8 −0.88%
1974 88.1 −0.6 −0.65%
1973 88.6 −0.3 −0.37%
1972 89 +0.2 +0.23%
1971 88.8 +0.7 +0.76%
1970 88.1 +0.8 +0.89%
1969 87.3 +0.8 +0.93%
1968 86.5 +0.8 +0.92%
1967 85.7 +0.8 +0.94%
1966 84.9 +0.8 +0.9%
1965 84.2 +0.8 +0.9%
1964 83.4 +0.8 +0.93%
1963 82.6 +0.8 +0.96%
1962 81.9 +0.8 +0.97%
1961 81.1 +0.8 +0.99%
1960 80.3

Melanesia, 2025

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About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.