Papua New Guinea vs Slovenia: Age dependency ratio
Papua New Guinea
58.1%
in 2025
Slovenia
58.0%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
84th
Slovenia rank
86th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Slovenia
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 58.1% against 58.0% in Slovenia, a difference of 0.1%.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 84th and Slovenia ranks 86th of 218 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Slovenia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.8% | 53.0% | 30.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 86.8% | 51.8% | 35.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 80.1% | 48.6% | 31.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 77.0% | 44.2% | 32.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 71.0% | 42.5% | 28.5% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 64.3% | 48.5% | 15.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 59.4% | 56.4% | 3.0% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Papua New Guinea or Slovenia?
- Papua New Guinea, at 58.1% against 58.0% in Slovenia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Papua New Guinea and Slovenia?
- 0.1%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Slovenia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Slovenia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 84th and Slovenia ranks 86th 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.