Egypt vs Papua New Guinea: Age dependency ratio
Egypt
58.3%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
58.1%
in 2025
Egypt rank
82nd
Papua New Guinea rank
84th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Egypt
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 58.3% against 58.1% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 82nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 84th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.7% | 83.8% | 0.9% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 82.3% | 86.8% | 4.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 82.4% | 80.1% | 2.3% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 76.5% | 77.0% | 0.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 64.1% | 71.0% | 6.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 61.7% | 64.3% | 2.6% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 60.1% | 59.4% | 0.7% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Egypt or Papua New Guinea?
- Egypt, at 58.3% against 58.1% in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Egypt and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Papua New Guinea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Papua New Guinea rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Egypt ranks 82nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 84th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.