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Papua New Guinea: Age dependency ratio

58.06percent · 2025-9.3% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202558.062
202458.59
202359.115
202259.648
202160.2
202060.797
201961.428
201862.084
201762.747
201663.404
201564.04
201464.677
201365.321
201265.96
201166.594
201067.232
200967.903
200868.591
200769.272
200669.932
200570.594
200471.309
200372.037
200272.707
200173.328
200073.893
199974.416
199874.961
199775.517
199676.075
199576.675
199477.298
199377.917
199278.541
199179.123
199079.489
198979.633
198879.715
198779.783
198679.829
198579.862
198479.932
198380.058
198280.267
198180.564
198081.368
197982.684
197883.99
197785.223
197686.34
197587.293
197488.064
197388.637
197288.967
197188.76
197088.093
196987.317
196886.509
196785.717
196684.922
196584.168
196483.416
196382.646
196281.86
196181.072
196080.276

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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