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Papua New Guinea: Age dependency ratio, young

52.39percent · 2025-11.8% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202552.391
202453.095
202353.788
202254.464
202155.121
202055.795
201956.503
201857.236
201757.968
201658.685
201559.373
201460.052
201360.726
201261.388
201162.041
201062.697
200963.382
200864.08
200764.769
200665.437
200566.109
200466.834
200367.579
200268.273
200168.926
200069.52
199970.065
199870.634
199771.217
199671.808
199572.445
199473.112
199373.784
199274.471
199175.135
199075.619
198975.899
198876.111
198776.317
198676.511
198576.7
198476.928
198377.212
198277.575
198178.02
198078.957
197980.383
197881.78
197783.086
197684.258
197585.25
197486.046
197386.63
197286.96
197186.761
197086.115
196985.357
196884.564
196783.783
196682.993
196582.228
196481.453
196380.661
196279.858
196179.061
196078.268

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, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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